2019 Algerian presidential election

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2019 Algerian presidential election
Flag of Algeria.svg
  2014 12 December 2019 (2019-12-12) 2024  
Registered24,464,161
Turnout39.88%
  Abdel'madzhid Tebbun (06-11-2021).jpg Ali Benflis 2019.png
Nominee Abdelmadjid Tebboune Abdelkader Bengrina Ali Benflis
PartyIndependent (FLN) El Binaa Talaie El Houriyate
Popular vote4,947,5231,477,836897,831
Percentage58.13%17.37%10.55%

  `z ldyn myhwby.jpg Bulletin de vote de Abdelaziz Belaid 2014 (cropped).jpg
Nominee Azzedine Mihoubi Abdelaziz Belaïd
Party RND Future Front
Popular vote619,225568,000
Percentage7.28%6.67%

President before election

Abdelkader Bensalah (acting)
Independent

Elected President

Abdelmadjid Tebboune
Independent

Poster announcing the presidential election before it was postponed Algerian election poster march 2019.jpg
Poster announcing the presidential election before it was postponed

Presidential elections were held in Algeria on 12 December 2019. [1] The election had originally been scheduled for 18 April, but was postponed due to sustained weekly protests against plans by the incumbent president Abdelaziz Bouteflika to run for a fifth term. [2] Bouteflika resigned on 2 April and Abdelkader Bensalah was elected acting president by parliament a week later. [3] On 10 April the election was rescheduled for 4 July. [4] On 2 June the Constitutional Council postponed the elections again, citing a lack of candidates. [5] A new electoral authority, Autorité nationale indépendante des élections (ANIE), was created in mid-September as an alternative to the existing Haute instance indépendante de surveillance des élections  [ fr ] (HIISE) defined by the 2016 constitution. [6] The election was rescheduled for 12 December 2019 and ANIE, of disputed constitutional validity, [7] [6] announced five valid candidates on 2 November. [8] In their 200000 strong protest on 1 November, [9] Algerian protestors rejected the 12 December election and called for a radical change in the system to take place first. [10] The Forces of the Democratic Alternative (FDA) alliance and the Justice and Development Front also called for boycotting the 12 December election, and the FDA called for creating a constituent assembly. [11]

Electoral system

The President of Algeria is elected using the two-round system; if no candidate receives a majority of the vote in the first round, a second round will be held. [12]

Electoral bodies

The Algerian Constitution of 2016 created the Haute instance indépendante de surveillance des élections  [ fr ] (HIISE) to have overall responsibility for organising elections. For the third attempt to organise the 2019 presidential election, the Algerian lower and upper houses of parliament created the Independent National Elections Authority (ANIE). Lawyer Faïz Moussi and constitutional expert Ahmed Betatache described the procedures for creating ANIE as rushed and unconstitutional. [6] Fouad Makhlouf, secretary-general of HIISE, had stated earlier, in April 2019, that the replacement of HIISE's role by an alternative electoral body would be unconstitutional. [7]

Background

Early 2019 protests and internet censorship

Plans for a presidential election in Algeria in 2019 were a major factor motivating the start of the 2019 Algerian protests, with protestors objecting to the reelection of Abdelaziz Bouteflika. [13]

On 22 February 2019, protests took place in Algiers, Oran, Sétif, Annaba and other Algerian cities over Bouteflika's bid to continue for a fifth term. [14] [15] Algerians reported difficulty accessing online services and the NetBlocks internet observatory published technical evidence of multiple targeted internet disruptions at demonstration flashpoints in Tizi Ouzou and around Algiers. [16] [13]

Candidates

Bensalah is not eligible to participate in the presidential election. [17] [18]

18 April 2019 cancelled election

On 3 March 2019, a day after his 82nd birthday and while undergoing medical tests in Switzerland, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika formally submitted his candidacy, but said in a statement read on state TV that he would not serve a full term if re-elected. Instead, he promised to organise a national conference and set a date for an early election which he would not participate in. The announcement followed weeks of protests against his plan to seek a fifth term in office. [19] A week later, on 11 March 2019, Bouteflika withdrew from the race and postponed the election. [20]

On 1 November 2018, journalist Ghani Mahdi  [ ar ] announced that he would be a candidate in the election. [21]

On 4 April 2019, Ali Ghediri, a former Director of Human Resources at the Ministry of Defense, announced his candidacy. [22]

4 July 2019 cancelled election

The 4 July 2019 election had two candidates who applied: Abdelhakim Hamadi from Jijel, born 23 August 1965, who trained as a vet, worked in the state sector and became a businessman; and Hamid Touahri, an aeronautical mechanical engineer who worked in medical sales and construction and managed an audiovisual production firm. [23] Both candidates' applications were lodged on 25 May, and later rejected by the Constitutional Council, which cancelled the election due to what it called the "impossibility" of organising the election. [24]

12 December 2019 election

Potential candidates Ahmed Gaid Salah and Noureddine Bedoui won't run.[ citation needed ][ clarification needed ] Former prime minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem was expected to be a candidate. The Tajamou Amel El-Djazaïr former minister Amar Ghoul (in prison at the time) announced his participation in the vote.[ citation needed ]

145 people picked up their application forms, including: [25]

Candidates submitting nominations

This list includes all the candidates who have deposited their candidacy file with the Independent National Elections Authority:

List of potential candidates for the December elections
NumberCondidateCareerNominee of
1Noui Kharchi [26] University Professor Independent (supported by National Liberation Front)
2Belkacem Sahli [27] Party leader National Republican Alliance
3Raouf Ayeb [28] Pharmacist Independent
4Souleymane Bakhlili [29] Journalist Independent
5Abbas Djamel [30] University Professor Independent
6Abdelhakim Hamadi [31] Independent
7Abderrahman Arare [31] Association leader Independent
8Abderrezak Hbirate [32] [33] Independent
9 Abdelaziz Belaid [34] [35] Party leader Future Front
10 Abdelkader Bengrina [31] Party leader National Construction Movement
11 Abdelmadjid Tebboune [32] [36] Former First Minister Independent
12Abelmonaim Najia [37] Lawyer Independent
13 Azzedine Mihoubi [36] Party leader Democratic National Rally [38]
14 Ali Benflis [32] [36] [39] Former First Minister Vanguards Liberties Party
15Ali Zeghdoude [40] [41] Party leaderAlgerian Rally
16Ali Skouri [42] Independent
17Aissa Belhadi [43] Party leaderEl Hokm Errachid
18Fares Mesdour [44] University Professor Independent
19Labbas Ayadi [45] Independent
20Mohammed BouAouina [45] Independent
21Mohammed Dhif [45] Independent
22Mourad Arouj [46] [47] Party leader

Final candidates

The list below is the final list of candidates for the presidentials of 12 December 2019, after the Constitutional Council rejected all the appeals submitted for failure to establish and not to fulfill the essential requirements contained in Articles 139 and 142 of the Organic Law related to the electoral system, amended and supplemented. The candidates whose appeals were rejected (09) are: Belkacem Sahili, Ali Skouri, Abdel Hakim Hammadi, Noui Kharchi, Muhammad Dhaif, Abdelhakim Hamadi, Mohammed BouAouina, Fares Mesdour, Raouf Ayeb. [48] [49]

List of candidates for the elections [50] [51] [52] [53]
PhotoCondidateCareerNominee ofSubmitted formsAccepted forms
Missing photo.svg Abdelkader Bengrina Party leader National Construction Movement 93,15183,342
Bulletin de vote de Abdelaziz Belaid 2014 (cropped).jpg Abdelaziz Belaid Party leader Future Front 85,16677,239
`z ldyn myhwby.jpg Azzedine Mihoubi Party leader Democratic National Rally 70,59965,743
Ali Benflis 2014 (cropped).jpg Ali Benflis Party leader Vanguards Liberties Party 89,47281,295
Abdelmadjid Tebboune 20200119.jpg Abdelmadjid Tebboune Former First Minister Independent (supported by National Liberation Front)124,125104,826

Al Jazeera English described the five candidates as "all part of the political establishment", whose departure from power is one of the main aims of the 2019 Algerian protests. [54] Thomson Reuters described the candidates as "men on the ballot [who] all have close links with the establishment, and though some of them pushed for reforms, many still see them as part of an entrenched, unchanging elite." [55]

Election schedule

The timetable for the presidential elections, and the following is an illustrative schedule for the dates and procedures for the presidential elections, 12 December 2019:

12 December 2019 presidential election calendar [56]
NumberLegal actionDate
1Date of calling the electoral commission to elect the President of the Republic15 September 2019
2Extraordinary review of the electoral lists22 September 2019 –
6 October 2019
3Submit objections to registration or cancellation7 October 2019 –
12 October 2019
4Periodic review of the electoral lists12 October 2019 –
17 October 2019
5Deposit the candidacy declaration17 October 2019 –
26 October 2019
6Set up voting agencies1 October 2019 –
8 December 2019
7Publish the list of voting office members and additional members27 October 2019 –
10 November 2019
8Delivering the list of voting office members and additional members to the legally qualified representatives of the candidates at their request27 October 2019 –
10 November 2019
9The start and end date of the election campaign17 November 2019 –
8 December 2019
10Preventing the publication, broadcasting and probing of opinions, exploring the intentions of voters in voting, and measuring the popularity of candidates at the national level9 December 2019 –
12 December 2019
11Preventing the publication, broadcasting and probing of opinions and exploring the voters ’intentions to vote and measuring the popularity of the candidates in relation to the community residing abroad7 December 2019 –
12 December 2019
12Election date and time12 December 2019
from 08h00 to 19h00
13To object to the validity of the voting operations12 December 2019
(Election day)
14The announcement of the final results of the presidential elections by the Constitutional Council 16 December 2019 –
25 December 2019
Second round case
15The start and end date of the election campaign for the second roundBegins twelve days before and ends two days before the polling date
16The date of the second round of the Election31 December 2019 –
9 January 2020

Boycott

Protestors

In the weekly protests that continued the early 2019 protests that led to Bouteflika dropping his candidacy for the initially scheduled election and resigning from the presidency, twenty thousand protestors called for the 12 December election to be boycotted on the grounds that the system of people in power under Bouteflika remained in place. [8] In the 1 November 2019 demonstration of two hundred thousand demonstrators, on the 37th Friday weekly protest, demonstrators called for all members of the system of power in place to be dismissed and for a radical change in the political system. [10] They rejected the 12 December election, with slogans describing it as "an election with the gangs" and as an "election organised by a corrupt power [which] is a trap for idiots"

Prominent individuals and organisations

Former prime minister Ahmed Benbitour, former minister Abdelaziz Rahabi, Ali Fawzi Rebaine, Mohamed Said and Rachid Nekkaz, announced that they are not candidates because of the political climate.[ citation needed ]

On 28 September, Abdallah Djaballah, president of the Justice and Development Front, announced that his party will not take part in the elections. [11] This was followed by the Society for Peace Movement, which made a similar decision for the same reasons.[ citation needed ]

The Forces of the Democratic Alternative, a coalition including the Socialist Forces Front (FFS), the Rally for Culture and Democracy (RCD), the Workers' Party (PT), the Socialist Workers Party (PST), the Union for Change and Progress (UCP), the Democratic and Social Movement (MDS), the Party for Secularism and Democracy (PLD) and the Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights (LADDH), [57] announced their refusal to participate in the vote. [11] [58]

Mayors

In September, 56 mayors in Kabylie stated that they would refuse to organise the practical aspects of the 12 December election in their municipalities and would do everything in their power to prevent the election taking place. [59]

Results

Preliminary results showed that former Prime Minister and Minister of Housing Abdelmadjid Tebboune won the election in the first round, leading his nearest opponent (Abdelkader Bengrina of the Islamist El Binaa party) by over 40% of the valid votes. The official estimate of the turnout of just under 40% of eligible voters was the lowest of any Algerian presidential election held since independence, primarily due to boycotts by citizens and political parties alike. The Rally for Culture and Democracy estimated the turnout five times lower, at 8%. [60] The low turnout, as well as the relatively high number of spoiled ballots out of those who did participate, was seen as a continuation of the pro-democracy protests that preceded the resignation of Abdelaziz Bouteflika, as all approved candidates in the election were seen as members of the political establishment.

CandidatePartyVotes%
Abdelmadjid Tebboune Independent4,947,52358.13
Abdelkader Bengrina National Construction Movement 1,477,83617.37
Ali Benflis Talaie El Houriyate897,83110.55
Azzedine Mihoubi Democratic National Rally 619,2257.28
Abdelaziz Belaïd Future Front 568,0006.67
Total8,510,415100.00
Valid votes8,510,41587.24
Invalid/blank votes1,244,92512.76
Total votes9,755,340100.00
Registered voters/turnout24,464,16139.88
Source: APS

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