Snap parliamentary elections were held in Algeria on 12 June 2021 to elect all 407 members of the People's National Assembly.[1] Initially expected to be held 2022, the elections were brought forward following a constitutional amendment approved in a referendum in November 2020.
The legislative election of May 2017 was characterized by a low turnout of 35%, even worse than the 43% of the legislative election of 2012. Polls showed a renewal of the ruling coalition, an alliance between the National Liberation Front (FLN) and the National Rally for Democracy (RND), which retains the absolute majority of seats in the National People's Assembly, despite a sharp decline in the FLN.[2]
Society in Algeria has been tense for several years due to the fall in the price of a barrel of oil with the government never having succeeded in ending the country's dependence on hydrocarbons, which represent 60% of the state budget. A large part of the population is encountering economic difficulties due to the impact of this fall in the national budget on the prices of basic necessities which are heavily subsidized by the state.[3]
President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, controversially elected in December 2019 following the massive protests known as "Hirak", initiated a constitutional reform at the start of his term which led to the holding of a referendum on November 1, 2020. President Tebboune declared that an early dissolution of the two chambers of parliament would take place in late 2020 if the new constitution is approved by the population.[4][5] While the referendum was approved, the call for new election was delayed by the transfer of Tebboune to Germany for over two months to get treatment for COVID-19.
Electoral systemedit
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.[6] 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.[6] The lists are open, with preferential voting, without mixing, and an electoral threshold of 5% of the votes cast,[7] after counting of the votes, the distribution of seats is done according to the method known as "the strongest remainder".[8][9]
These are the first elections since the modification of the electoral law a few months earlier, which introduced open lists and the electoral threshold. Exceptionally for this ballot, the new law lifts the conditions restricting the participation of parties to only those having obtained at least 4% of the votes cast in the previous elections, or gathered the sponsorship signatures of 250 citizens in each of the constituencies. in which one of their candidates presents himself.[7] The total number of seats is also reduced for this election, dropping from 462 to 407 seats following a presidential decree modifying the distribution key according to the population. The previous elections were in fact organized with one seat per 80,000 inhabitants, plus one seat for any remaining 40,000 inhabitants, for a minimum of four seats per constituency.[9]
A total of 24,490,180 voters are registered to vote, including 23,587,815 in Algeria and 902,365 abroad.[10] The total amount was later reduced to 24,453,992 voters after appeals to the Constitutional Court.[11]
Resultsedit
The election saw the lowest turnout of those held for the legislature in Algerian history (only the 2020 Algerian constitutional referendum saw a lower turnout overall), with under 23% of the eligible population participating. The governing National Liberation Front won a plurality of seats, although both it and coalition partner Democratic National Rally saw heavy losses. The nationalist Future Front, the Islamist Movement of Society for Peace and new National Construction Movement, and independents all saw large gains at their expense, while other entities saw minor changes. A total of 136 seats were won by candidates under the age of 40, 35 were won by women, and 274 were won by those with a tertiary education.
Following the elections, a coalition was formed by the National Liberation Front, Democratic National Rally, Future Front, and National Construction Movement, as well as several members from independent lists.
^ ab"Législatives anticipées en Algérie : Le nombre de députés réduit à 407" (in French). Retrieved 2021-06-10.
^"Législatives : le corps électoral définitif s'élève à 23.587.815 électeurs". aps.com. 6 April 2021. from the original on 2021-04-06.
^Laib, Cherif (2021-06-23). "Législatives: le conseil constitutionnel rend les résultats définitifs". Algerie360 (in French). from the original on 2021-06-23. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
^"Journal Officiel de la Republique Algerienne № 51" (PDF) (in French). Secretariat General du Gouvernement. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
October 28, 2023
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Snap parliamentary elections were held in Algeria on 12 June 2021 to elect all 407 members of the People s National Assembly 1 Initially expected to be held 2022 the elections were brought forward following a constitutional amendment approved in a referendum in November 2020 2021 Algerian parliamentary election 2017 12 June 2021 2026 All 407 seats in the People s National Assembly204 seats needed for a majorityTurnout22 99 12 39pp Party Leader Seats FLN Abou El Fadhel Baadji 6 24 98 63MSP Abderrazak Makri 4 52 65 31RND Tayeb Zitouni 4 31 58 42Future Front Abdelaziz Belaid 3 34 48 34El Binaa Abdelkader Bengrina 2 30 39 NewLVP Lamine Osmani 0 28 3 2FJD Djamel Benziadi 0 23 2 0FAN Djamel Benabdessalem 0 17 1 0FJD Abdallah Djaballah 0 17 2 3New Dawn Tahat Benbaibeche 0 16 2 NewDignity Mohamed Eddaoui 0 13 1 2FBG Aissa Belhadi 0 08 2 NewJil Jadid Soufiane Djilali 0 08 1 NewFNA Moussa Touati 0 03 1 1Minor lists 5 57 84 56Prime Minister before Prime Minister afterAbdelaziz DjeradIndependent Aymen BenabderrahmaneIndependent Contents 1 Background 1 1 2017 legislative election 1 2 2019 20 Algerian protests 2 Electoral system 3 Results 4 ReferencesBackground edit2017 legislative election edit The legislative election of May 2017 was characterized by a low turnout of 35 even worse than the 43 of the legislative election of 2012 Polls showed a renewal of the ruling coalition an alliance between the National Liberation Front FLN and the National Rally for Democracy RND which retains the absolute majority of seats in the National People s Assembly despite a sharp decline in the FLN 2 Society in Algeria has been tense for several years due to the fall in the price of a barrel of oil with the government never having succeeded in ending the country s dependence on hydrocarbons which represent 60 of the state budget A large part of the population is encountering economic difficulties due to the impact of this fall in the national budget on the prices of basic necessities which are heavily subsidized by the state 3 2019 20 Algerian protests edit Main article 2019 20 Algerian protests President Abdelmadjid Tebboune controversially elected in December 2019 following the massive protests known as Hirak initiated a constitutional reform at the start of his term which led to the holding of a referendum on November 1 2020 President Tebboune declared that an early dissolution of the two chambers of parliament would take place in late 2020 if the new constitution is approved by the population 4 5 While the referendum was approved the call for new election was delayed by the transfer of Tebboune to Germany for over two months to get treatment for COVID 19 Electoral system editAlgeria 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 6 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 6 The lists are open with preferential voting without mixing and an electoral threshold of 5 of the votes cast 7 after counting of the votes the distribution of seats is done according to the method known as the strongest remainder 8 9 These are the first elections since the modification of the electoral law a few months earlier which introduced open lists and the electoral threshold Exceptionally for this ballot the new law lifts the conditions restricting the participation of parties to only those having obtained at least 4 of the votes cast in the previous elections or gathered the sponsorship signatures of 250 citizens in each of the constituencies in which one of their candidates presents himself 7 The total number of seats is also reduced for this election dropping from 462 to 407 seats following a presidential decree modifying the distribution key according to the population The previous elections were in fact organized with one seat per 80 000 inhabitants plus one seat for any remaining 40 000 inhabitants for a minimum of four seats per constituency 9 A total of 24 490 180 voters are registered to vote including 23 587 815 in Algeria and 902 365 abroad 10 The total amount was later reduced to 24 453 992 voters after appeals to the Constitutional Court 11 Results editThe election saw the lowest turnout of those held for the legislature in Algerian history only the 2020 Algerian constitutional referendum saw a lower turnout overall with under 23 of the eligible population participating The governing National Liberation Front won a plurality of seats although both it and coalition partner Democratic National Rally saw heavy losses The nationalist Future Front the Islamist Movement of Society for Peace and new National Construction Movement and independents all saw large gains at their expense while other entities saw minor changes A total of 136 seats were won by candidates under the age of 40 35 were won by women and 274 were won by those with a tertiary education Following the elections a coalition was formed by the National Liberation Front Democratic National Rally Future Front and National Construction Movement as well as several members from independent lists nbsp PartyVotes Seats National Liberation Front287 8286 2498 63Movement of Society for Peace208 4714 5265 31Democratic National Rally198 7584 3158 42Future Front153 9873 3448 34National Construction Movement106 2032 3039NewVoice of the People13 1030 283 2Freedom and Justice Party10 6180 2320New Algeria Front7 9160 1710Justice and Development Front7 6670 172 New Dawn7 4330 162NewDignity Party5 9420 131 2Good Governance Front3 7240 082NewJil Jadid3 5760 081NewAlgerian National Front1 2070 031 1Minor independent lists that won seats256 7325 5784 56Others3 337 48772 390 Total4 610 652100 00407 55Valid votes4 610 65282 01Invalid blank votes1 011 74917 99Total votes5 622 401100 00Registered voters turnout24 453 99222 99Source Official Algerian Journal 12 References edit Algerian president sets June 12 for early legislative elections Al Jazeera 11 March 2021 Retrieved 11 March 2021 Mace Celian Legislatives algeriennes une defaite generale Liberation in French Retrieved 2021 02 14 Elections legislatives en Algerie vers une abstention historique Marianne in French 2017 05 04 Retrieved 2017 05 04 S Mourad 21 September 2020 Algerie Abdelmajid Tebboune annonce des elections legislatives anticipees Tunisie Numerique in French Retrieved 2021 02 14 Algeria announces early legislative election Reuters Retrieved 2021 02 14 a b Mostafa Ibnerradi الرئيس الجزائري يصدر قانون الدوائر الانتخابية ويقلص مقاعد البرلمان www alaraby co uk in Arabic Retrieved 2021 06 10 a b Official journal of the Algerian Republic PDF Official Journal of the Algerian Republic 10 March 2021 Archived from the original PDF on 11 June 2021 Retrieved 11 June 2021 IPU PARLINE database ALGERIE Al Majlis Al Chaabi Al Watani Systeme electoral archive ipu org Retrieved 2021 06 10 a b Legislatives anticipees en Algerie Le nombre de deputes reduit a 407 in French Retrieved 2021 06 10 Legislatives le corps electoral definitif s eleve a 23 587 815 electeurs aps com 6 April 2021 Archived from the original on 2021 04 06 Laib Cherif 2021 06 23 Legislatives le conseil constitutionnel rend les resultats definitifs Algerie360 in French Archived from the original on 2021 06 23 Retrieved 2021 07 01 Journal Officiel de la Republique Algerienne 51 PDF in French Secretariat General du Gouvernement 29 June 2021 Retrieved 31 August 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2021 Algerian parliamentary election amp oldid 1173152809, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
