Presidential elections were held in Algeria on 16 November 1995, in the midst of the Algerian Civil War. The result was a victory for Liamine Zeroual, head of the High Council of State at the time, who won 61% of the vote. The Armed Islamic Group of Algeria threatened to kill anyone who voted, with the slogan "one vote, one bullet", but official voter turnout was 75%.[1]
1995, algerian, presidential, election, presidential, elections, were, held, algeria, november, 1995, midst, algerian, civil, result, victory, liamine, zeroual, head, high, council, state, time, vote, armed, islamic, group, algeria, threatened, kill, anyone, v. Presidential elections were held in Algeria on 16 November 1995 in the midst of the Algerian Civil War The result was a victory for Liamine Zeroual head of the High Council of State at the time who won 61 of the vote The Armed Islamic Group of Algeria threatened to kill anyone who voted with the slogan one vote one bullet but official voter turnout was 75 1 1995 Algerian presidential election 1988 16 November 1995 1999 Registered15 965 280Turnout74 95 Nominee Liamine Zeroual Mahfoud Nahnah Party Independent MSP Popular vote 7 088 618 2 971 974 Percentage 61 01 25 58 President before election Chadli Bendjedid FLN Elected President Liamine Zeroual Independent Contents 1 Candidates 2 Conduct 3 Results 4 ReferencesCandidates editLiamine Zeroual independent Mahfoud Nahnah candidate of the Islamist Movement of Society for Peace MSP Said Sadi candidate of the secularist Rally for Culture and Democracy Noureddine Boukrouh fr candidate of the Party of Algerian Renewal PRA Conduct editDelegations of observers came from the Arab League the African Union and the United Nations and reported no major problems The Armed Islamic Group had threatened to kill voters but the elections passed with few attacks Voter turnout was high despite the three largest parties of the 1991 parliamentary elections the Islamic Salvation Front National Liberation Front and Socialist Forces Front calling for a boycott Results editCandidatePartyVotes Liamine ZeroualIndependent7 088 61861 01Mahfoud NahnahMovement of Society for Peace2 971 97425 58Said SadiRally for Culture and Democracy1 115 7969 60Noureddine Boukrouh fr Party of Algerian Renewal443 1443 81Total11 619 532100 00Valid votes11 619 53297 11Invalid blank votes345 7482 89Total votes11 965 280100 00Registered voters turnout15 965 28074 95Source Nohlen et al References edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Algerian presidential election 1995 Dieter Nohlen Michael Krennerich amp Bernhard Thibaut 1999 Elections in Africa A data handbook p 60 ISBN 0 19 829645 2 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1995 Algerian presidential election amp oldid 1219882648, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
