Electoral system
Algeria has a bicameral parliament of which the People's National Assembly is the lower house. This is made up of 407 seats filled by proportional representation in 59 constituencies corresponding to the 58 Provinces (prefectures) of the country plus one constituency representing the diaspora. [2] Each constituency is allocated a number of seats according to its population: one seat per segment of 120,000 inhabitants, plus one seat for any remaining segment of 60,000 inhabitants, with a minimum of three seats per constituency. [2] The lists are open, with preferential voting, without mixing, and an electoral threshold of 5% of the votes cast, [3] after counting of the votes, the distribution of seats is done according to the method known as "the strongest remainder". [4] [5]
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