LAlgerian head of state Abdelmadjid Tebboune is the clear favorite after the presidential elections in Algeria that took place this Saturday, September 7. He is running for a second term. Polling stations closed at 8 p.m. after voting was extended for an hour longer than planned. At 5 p.m. (4 p.m. GMT), the turnout was set at 26.46%, down seven points from 2019 (33.06%), according to the electoral authority Anie. The turnout figure for the day is expected in the evening and the results no later than Sunday, September 8.
In December 2019, abstention broke records (60%) during the first election won by Abdelmadjid Tebboune with 58% of the vote, while massive pro-democracy demonstrations were in full swing and many parties boycotted the vote.
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Facing Abdelmadjid Tebboune are two little-known candidates: Abdelaali Hassani, a 57-year-old engineer and leader of the Movement of Society for Peace (MSP, the main Islamist party), and Youcef Aouchiche, 41, a former journalist and senator, who heads the Front of Socialist Forces (FFS, the oldest opposition party). The re-election of Abdelmadjid Tebboune, 78, is all the more expected since four major parties support him, including the National Liberation Front (FLN, the former single party).
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