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Algeria's parliamentary election turnout reaches 20.79 percent
Algeria's National Independent Election Authority announced that domestic turnout in the parliamentary elections was 20.79 percent. Approximately 5 million voters cast ballots; overseas turnout was recorded at 10.67 percent.
Algeria's National Independent Election Authority announced that domestic turnout in the elections to determine members of the National People's Assembly (the lower house of parliament) was 20.79 percent.
The authority's Vice President, Karim Halfan, said in a statement to state television that the provisional turnout rate recorded corresponded to approximately 5 million voters.
Drop compared to 2021 elections
In the previous National People's Assembly elections held in 2021, turnout was 30 percent.
Overseas votes
Halfan said that turnout among Algerian citizens abroad was 10.67 percent, and that voting had not yet been completed in some capitals like Washington due to time differences.
When will results be announced?
The election authority will announce all results, along with the parties and winning lists, after receiving the result reports from the last municipality and the last polling station abroad. Halfan stressed that this process would be carried out in accordance with legal deadlines.
While the independent election authority announces provisional results, the Constitutional Court will declare the final results after ruling on appeals.
Voting process
Polls closed in 58 provinces across the country on Thursday evening. El-Nahar television broadcast footage showing vote counting beginning in some provinces after the polls closed, but there was no immediate official statement from the election authority.
Voting began at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday and continued until 7:00 p.m. The election law gives the authority's president the power to extend voting by one hour, and this power was used to extend the period until 8:00 p.m.
The election authority had officially announced that domestic turnout stood at 11.24 percent as of 3:00 p.m. local time on Thursday.
Voting abroad
Algerians living abroad began voting last Saturday, and the process continued until Thursday.
Election background
More than 24 million voters were called to participate in the second parliamentary election held after the 2019 popular movement. The popular movement had resulted in the resignation of then-President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
The National People's Assembly has 407 seats, 12 of which are reserved to represent Algerians living abroad.
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