Algeria’s Tebboune re-elected president for second term

By AFP
September 09, 2024
Algerias President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, speaks during the start of a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (not pictured), at El Mouradia Palace, the Presidents official residence in Algiers, Algeria. — Reuters
Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, speaks during the start of a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (not pictured), at El Mouradia Palace, the President's official residence in Algiers, Algeria. — Reuters 

ALGIERS: Algeria´s incumbent President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has been re-elected with almost 95 percent of the vote, the country´s electoral authority ANIE said on Sunday.

More than 5.3 million people voted for Tebboune, accounting for “94.65 percent of the vote,” ANIE head Mohamed Charfi told reporters.

Tebboune, 78, has been heavily favoured to secure a five-year second term, in the race against moderate Islamist Abdelaali Hassani, 57, who won 3.17 percent of the vote and socialist candidate Youcef Aouchiche, 41, who won 2.16 percent.