The main issue in the Algerian presidential election, the turnout did not exceed 50% according to “a preliminary figure” communicated Saturday by the electoral authority Anie, which delayed the closing of polling stations by one hour. The results of the vote are expected this Sunday.
In Algeria, voters showed little turnout for the presidential election on September 7, with turnout being less than 50%, while turnout was the main issue in this election, in which the outgoing president Abdelmadjid Tebboune should emerge victorious.
Three hours behind schedule for his press briefing, the president of the electoral authority Anie, Mohamed Charfi, announced “an average participation rate of 48.03% at 8 p.m.” (7 p.m. GMT), without specifying the number of voters compared to the more than 24 million registered voters.
This is “a preliminary figure,” he said. The results of the vote are expected on Sunday.
In December 2019, Abdelmadjid Tebboune was elected with 58% of the vote but with a turnout of only 39.83% (60% abstention), in a context marked by the hostility of Hirak demonstrators and calls for a boycott of political parties.
Office closing delayed by one hour
With AFP
- FRANCE 24
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