1997 Algerian parliamentary election
Algeria
5 June 1997
All 380 seats in the People's National Assembly
191 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader % Seats
RND Ahmed Ouyahia 33.66 156
MSP Mahfoud Nahnah 14.80 69
FLN Boualem Benhamouda 14.26 62
MRI Abdallah Djaballah 8.70 34
FFS Hocine Aït Ahmed 5.03 20
RCD Saïd Sadi 4.21 19
PT Louisa Hanoune 1.85 4
PRP 0.62 3
UDL 0.49 1
PSL 0.35 1
Independents – 4.38 11
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after election
Ahmed Ouyahia
RND		 Ahmed Ouyahia
RND

Parliamentary elections were held in Algeria on 5 June 1997. The result was a victory for the National Rally for Democracy (RND), a new party created in early 1997 for President Zéroual's supporters, which won 156 out of 380 seats. They were followed by the Movement of Society for Peace (as Hamas had been required to rename itself) with 69 seats, the National Liberation Front (62), and the Islamist Islamic Renaissance Movement (34). The two Berberist parties, FFS and RCD, got 20 and 19 seats respectively. Views on this election were mixed; most major opposition parties filed complaints, and the success of the extremely new RND raised eyebrows. The RND, FLN, and MSP formed a coalition government, with the RND's Ahmed Ouyahia as prime minister.

Voter turnout was 65.6%.[1]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
National Rally for Democracy3,533,43433.66156
Movement of Society for Peace1,553,15414.8069
National Liberation Front1,497,28514.2662
Islamic Renaissance Movement915,4468.7034
Socialist Forces Front527,8485.0320
Rally for Culture and Democracy442,2714.2119
National Republican Alliance208,3791.990
Workers' Party194,4931.854
Party of Algerian Renewal197,2621.880
National Movement of Algerian Youth97,8750.930
Movement of National Understanding83,9390.800
Algerian Rally79,5540.760
Progressive Republican Party65,3710.623
Algerian Movement for Justice and Development61,8290.590
National Constitutional Rally55,5530.530
Democratic Youth Movement54,9290.520
Amal Party53,6210.510
Union for Democracy and Freedom51,0900.491
Liberal Social Party36,3740.351
Algerian Liberal Party0
Algerian National Rally0
Algerian Party for Justice and Progress0
Algerian People's Movement0
Front of Democratic Algerians0
Jihad Front for National Unity0
Liberal Just Party0
National Alliance of Independent Democrats0
National Bloc0
National Boumedienist Front0
National Movement for Nature and Development0
National Solidarity and Development Party0
People's Unity Party0
Popular Forces' Front0
Republican Party0
Social Democratic Party0
Social Justice Party0
Social Movement for Authenticity0
Socialist National Democratic Party0
Workers' Socialist Party0
Independents459,2334.3811
Total380
Valid votes10,496,35295.43
Invalid/blank votes502,7874.57
Total votes10,999,139100.00
Registered voters/turnout16,767,30965.60
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p54 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
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