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Turnout in Algeria's parliamentary elections was 20.79 percent
Algeria's National Independent Election Authority announced that domestic turnout in the parliamentary elections was 20.79 percent. Approximately 5 million voters cast ballots; overseas turnout was recorded at 10.67 percent.
Algeria's National Independent Election Authority announced that domestic turnout in the elections to determine the members of the National People's Assembly (the lower house of parliament) was 20.79 percent.
The authority's Deputy Chairman Kerim Halfan stated in a statement to official television that the provisional turnout rate recorded corresponded to approximately 5 million voters.
Decline from 2021 elections
In the previous National People's Assembly elections held in 2021, turnout was 30 percent.
Overseas votes
Halfan said that the participation of Algerian citizens abroad was 10.67 percent, and that voting had not yet been completed in some capitals like Washington due to the time difference.
When will the results be announced?
The election authority will announce all results, along with the parties and winning lists, after receiving the results report from the last municipality and the last polling station abroad. Halfan stressed that this process will take place in accordance with legal deadlines.
While the independent election authority announces provisional results, the Constitutional Court will announce the final results after appeals are decided.
Voting process
Polls closed in the country's 58 provinces on Thursday evening. El-Nahar television broadcast footage showing that vote counting had begun in some provinces after the polls closed; however, no immediate official statement came from the election authority.
Voting began at 08:00 on Thursday morning and lasted until 19:00. The election law gives the authority's chairman the power to extend voting by one hour, and this power was used to extend the period until 20:00.
The election authority had officially announced that domestic turnout was 11.24 percent as of 15:00 local time on Thursday.
Voting abroad
Algerians living abroad began voting last Saturday, and the process continued until Thursday.
Election background
More than 24 million voters were called to participate in the second parliamentary election held after the 2019 popular movement. The popular movement had resulted in the resignation of then-President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.
The National People's Assembly has 407 seats, 12 of which are reserved to represent Algerians living abroad.
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