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1995 Algerian presidential election

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FieldValue
countryAlgeria
typepresidential
turnout75.69%
registered15,969,904
previous_election1988 Algerian presidential election
previous_year1988
next_election1999 Algerian presidential election
next_year1999
election_date16 November 1995
image1Liamine Zéroual.jpg
nominee1Liamine Zéroual
party1Independent politician
popular_vote17,088,618
percentage161.01%
image2Mahfoud_Nahnah.jpg
nominee2Mahfoud Nahnah
party2Movement of Society for Peace
popular_vote22,971,974
percentage225.58%
image3Photo Said Sadi.jpg
nominee3Saïd Sadi
party3Rally for Culture and Democracy
popular_vote31,115,796
percentage39.60%
titlePresident
before_electionChadli Bendjedid
after_electionLiamine Zéroual
before_partyNational Liberation Front (Algeria)
after_partyIndependent politician

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 76%.

The election took place amid boycotts by opposition parties and death threats from Islamic militants.

Candidates

  • Liamine 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
  • , candidate of the Party of Algerian Renewal (PRA)

Conduct

Delegations 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

References

References

  1. (1996). "Election Watch". Journal of Democracy.
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