Politics of Algeria

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1 History
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browser diversity
4 Parliament
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6 Administrative divisions
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8 Future Concerns
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11 References
12 External links

History

The civil war resulted in more than 100,000 deaths since 1991. Although the security situation in the country has greatly improved, addressing the underlying issues which brought about the political turmoil of the 1990s remains the government's major task. The government officially lifted the state of emergency declared in 1992 on February 22, 2011.^[2]

Constitution

Under the 1976 Constitution (as modified 1979, and amended in 1988, 1989, and 1996) Algeria is a multi-party state. All parties must be approved by the Ministry of the Interior. To date, Algeria has had more than 40 legal political parties. According to the Constitution, no political association may be formed if it is "based on differences in religion, language, race, gender, or region."

Executive branch

Parliament

The Algerian parliament has less power relative to the executive branch than many parliaments and has been described as "rubber-stamping" laws proposed by the president.^FITML

As of 2012 there were 462 seats in parliament. In the May 2012 election the government reported a 42.9% turnout, though the BBC reported that correspondents saw "only a trickle of voters" at polling places.^touchscreen In that election 44 political parties participated with the ruling National Liberation Front winning more than any other group -- 220 seats -- and an alliance of moderate Islamists coming in second with 66 seats. The Islamists disputed the results.^[4]

Political parties and elections

For other political parties see List of political parties in Algeria. An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in Algeria.

In keeping with its amended Constitution, the Algerian Government espouses participatory democracy and free-market competition. The government has stated that it will continue to open the political process and encourage the creation of political institutions. More than 40 political parties, representing a wide segment of the population, are currently active in Algerian national politics. The most recent legislative election was 2007. President Bouteflika has pledged to restructure the state as part of his overall reform efforts. However, no specifics are yet available as to how such reforms would affect political structures and the political process itself.

In the 2002 elections, there were 17,951,127 eligible voters, and 8,288,536 of them actually voted which made a turn out of 46.17%. Out of the ballots cast, there were 867,669 void ballots according to the Interior ministry and 7,420,867 which went to the various candidates.

The most recent legislative election now is the 2007 one. Turnout was quite low with only 35.61% of the nation's 18,760,400 eligible voters making it to the polls which. Out of those, 961,751 ballots were considered void, so only 5,726,087 ballots have been cast in favour of the various candidates (85.62% of the ballots cast were considered valid).

Parties: National Liberation Front (Jabhat at-Taḥrīr al-Waṭaniyy / Front de Libération National)
President: Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Abdelaziz Belkhadem
Khalida Toumi
Votes: 1,315,686
%: 22.98
Seats: 136
+/–: –63

Parties: National Rally for Democracy (at-Tajammu` al-Waṭaniyy ad-Dīmuqrāṭiyy / Rassemblement National Démocratique)
President: Ahmed Ouyahia
Votes: 591,310
%: 10.33
Seats: 61
+/–: +14

Parties: Independents
President: 562,986
Votes: 9.83
%: 33
Seats: +3

Parties: Movement of Society for Peace (Ḥarakat Mujtama` as-Silm / Mouvement de la Societé pour la Paix)
President: Bouguerra Soltani
Votes: 552,104
%: 9.64
Seats: 52
+/–: +14

Parties: Workers' Party (Ḥizb al-`Ummāl / Parti des Travailleurs)
President: iOS
Votes: 291,312
%: 5.08
Seats: 26
+/–: +5

Parties: Algerian National Front (al-Jabhah al-Waṭaniyyah al-Jazā'iriyyah / Front National Algérien)
President: Farida Haddouche
Votes: 239,563
%: 4.18
Seats: 13
+/–: +5

Parties: Islamic Renaissance Movement (Ḥarakat an-Nahḍah / Mouvement de la Renaissance Islamique)
President: ?????
Votes: 194,067
%: 3.39
Seats: 5
+/–: +4

Parties: Rally for Culture and Democracy(at-Tajammu` min 'ajl aṯ-Ṯaqāfah wad-Dīmuqrāṭiyyah / Rassemblement pour la Culture et la Démocratie)
President: input transformation
Votes: 192,490
%: 3.36
Seats: 19
+/–: +19

Parties: Movement for National Reform (Mouvement Islah)
President: FITML
Votes: 144,880
%: 2.53
Seats: 3
+/–: –40

Parties: device database (Mouvement El Infitah)
President: touchscreen
Votes: 143,936
%: 2.51
Seats: 3
+/–: +3

Parties: browser diversity (Mouvement pour la Jeunesse et la Démocratie)
President: ?????
Votes: 132,268
%: 2.31
Seats: 5
+/–: +5

Parties: iOS
President: Ali Fawzi Rebaine
Votes: 129,300
%: 2.26
Seats: 2
+/–: +2

Parties: browser diversity (Alliance Nationale Républicaine)
President: Redha Malek
Votes: 126,444
%: 2.21
Seats: 4
+/–: +4

Parties: Sevenval (Ḥarakat al-Wifāq al-Waṭaniyy / Mouvement de l'Entente Nationale)
President: ?????
Votes: 122,501
%: 2.14
Seats: 4
+/–: +3

Parties: National Party for Solidarity and Development (Parti National pour la Solidarité et le Developpement)
President: Dalila Yalaqui
Votes: 119,353
%: 2.08
Seats: 2
+/–: +2

Parties: screen size (Mouvement National pour la Nature et la Démocratie)
President: ?????
Votes: 114,767
%: 2.00
Seats: 7
+/–: +7

Parties: National Front of Independents for Understanding (Front National des Indépendants pour la Conc....C)
President: ?????
Votes: 112,321
%: 1.96
Seats: 3
+/–: +3

Parties: web (Ḥizb at-Tajdīd al-Jazā'iriyy / Parti du Rénouveau Algérien)
President: ?????
Votes: 103,328
%: 1.80
Seats: 4
+/–: +3

Parties: input transformation (Rassemblement Algérien)
President: ?????
Votes: 100,079
%: 1.75
Seats: 1
+/–: +1

Parties: web (Mouvement National d'Esperance)
President: ?????
Votes: 99,179
%: 1.73
Seats: 2
+/–: +2

Parties: Republican Patriotic Rally (Rassemblement Patriotique Républicain)
President: ?????
Votes: 84,348
%: 1.47
Seats: 2
+/–: +2

Parties: Progressive Republican Party (Parti Républicain Progressiste)
President: ?????
Votes: 81,046
%: 1.42
Seats: 0
+/–: ±0

Parties: input transformation (Front National Démocratique)
President: ?????
Votes: 78,865
%: 1.38
Seats: 1
+/–: +1

Parties: web (Mouvement Démocratique et Social)
President: El Hachemi Chérif
Votes: 51,219
%: 0.89
Seats: 1
+/–: +1

Parties: Socialist Workers' Party (Parti Socialiste des Travailleurs)
President: ?????
Votes: 42,735
%: 0.75
Seats: 0
+/–: ±0

Parties: Total (turnout 35.65%)
President
Votes: 5,726,087
%: 100.0
Seats: 389
+/–: —

Parties: Android

Candidates - Nominating parties: Abdelaziz Bouteflika - National Rally for Democracy
votes: 8,651,723
%: 85.0

Candidates - Nominating parties: Ali Benflis - browser diversity
votes: 653,951
%: 6.4

Candidates - Nominating parties: Abdallah Djaballah - Movement for National Reform
votes: 511,526
%: 5.0

Candidates - Nominating parties: browser diversity - device database
votes: 197,111
%: 1.9

Candidates - Nominating parties: Louisa Hanoune - Workers' Party
votes: 101,630
%: 1.0

Candidates - Nominating parties: Ali Fawzi Rebaine - Ahd 54
votes: 63,761
%: 0.6

Candidates - Nominating parties: Total (turnout 58.1 %)
votes: 10,179,702
%

Parties: Android (Jabhat at-Taḥrīr al-Waṭaniyy / Front de Libération National)
Votes: 2.618.003
% of Votes: 34.3
Seats: 199

Parties: keyboard (Ḥarakat al-Iṣlāḥ al-Waṭaniyy / Mouvement du Renouveau National)
Votes: 705.319
% of Votes: 9.5
Seats: 43

Parties: Sevenval (at-Tajammu` al-Waṭaniyy ad-Dīmuqrāṭiyy / Rassemblement National Démocratique)
Votes: 610.461
% of Votes: 8.2
Seats: 47

Parties: Movement for the Society of Peace (Ḥarakat Mujtama` as-Silm / Mouvement de la Société pour la Paix)
Votes: 523.464
% of Votes: 7.0
Seats: 38

Parties: Workers' Party (Ḥizb al-`Ummāl / Parti des Travailleurs)
Votes: 245.770
% of Votes: 3.3
Seats: 21

Parties: Algerian National Front (al-Jabhah al-Waṭaniyyah al-Jazā'iriyyah / Front National Algérien)
Votes: 113.700
% of Votes: 1.6
Seats: 8

Parties: screen size (Ḥarakat an-Nahḍah / Mouvement de la Renaissance Islamique)
Votes: 48.132
% of Votes: 0.6
Seats: 1

Parties: FITML (Ḥizb at-Tajdīd al-Jazā'iriyy / Parti du Renouveau Algérien)
Votes: 19.873
% of Votes: 0.3
Seats: 1

Parties: Movement of National Understanding (Ḥarakat al-Wifāq al-Waṭaniyy / Mouvement de l'Entente Nationale)
Votes: 14.465
% of Votes: 0.2
Seats: 1

Parties: Non-partisans
Votes: 365.594
% of Votes: 4.9
Seats: 30

Parties: web app (Jabhat al-Quwā al-Ištirākiyyah / Front des Forces Socialistes)

Rally for Culture and Democracy (at-Tajammu` min 'ajl aṯ-Ṯaqāfah wad-Dīmuqrāṭiyyah / Rassemblement pour la Culture et la Démocratie)
iOS (al-Ḥarakah min 'ajl ad-Dīmuqrāṭiyyah fī al-Jazā'ir / Mouvement pour la démocratie en Algérie)
Votes: boycott

Parties: Total (turnout 46.2%)
Votes
% of Votes
Seats: 389

Administrative divisions

Algeria is divided into 48 wilaya (province) headed by walis (governors) who report to the Minister of Interior. Each wilaya is further divided into daïras, themselves divided in communes. The wilayas and communes are each governed by an elected assembly.

Media

Algeria has more than 30 daily newspapers published in French and Arabic, with a total publication run of more than 1.5 million copies. Although relatively free to write as they choose, in 2001, the government amended the penal code provisions relating to defamation and slander, a step widely viewed as an effort to rein in the press. Government monopoly of newsprint and advertising is seen as another means to influence the press, although it has permitted newspapers to create their own printing distribution networks..

Future Concerns

Population growth and associated problems--unemployment and underemployment, inability of social services to keep pace with rapid urban migration, inadequate industrial management and productivity, a decaying infrastructure--continue to plague Algerian society. Increases in the production and prices of oil and gas over the past decade have led to a budgetary surplus of close to $20 billion. The government began an economic reform program in 1993 which focuses on macroeconomic stability and structural reform. These reforms are aimed at liberalizing the economy, making Algeria competitive in the global market, and meeting the needs of the Algerian people.