Local Elections Start Today in Algeria
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Elections for municipal and provincial councils will be held today across Algeria.
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Algerian Elections (Archive)
Algerian citizens began flocking to polling stations today, to vote in the country's local elections, Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported.
According to the latest census of the National Independent Authority for Elections (ANIE), around 24 million voters will have to choose their representatives at the municipal and provincial councils for a period of 5 years through a new system of voting. This marks the second experiment after the parliamentary elections that were held on June 12.
More than 115,000 candidates are participating in these elections, distributed between about 40 political parties and independent lists for municipal councils, and about 19,000 candidates for provincial councils.
The ANIE had previously announced that no candidate lists were registered in 4 municipalities out of more than 1,500 municipalities distributed throughout Algeria. This is a problem for which ANIE will have to find a constitutional and legislative solution.
Algeria held its parliamentary elections earlier in June, for which a 30.20% turnout was registered.
