2017 Algerian legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Algeria on 4 May 2017 to elect all 462 members of the People's National Assembly.[1] The ruling National Liberation Front lost 44 seats, but remained the largest party in the People's National Assembly with 164 members.

2017 Algerian legislative election

4 May 2017
All 462 seats in the People's National Assembly 232 seats are needed for a majority
Leader Djamel Ould Abbes Ahmed Ouyahia Party FLN RND Last election 208 seats, 17.35% 68 seats, 6.86% Seats won 164 100 Seat change 44 32
Prime Minister before election Abdelmalek Sellal FLN Elected Prime Minister Abdelmadjid Tebboune FLN

Electoral system

The 462 members of the People's National Assembly are elected by proportional representation from 48 multi-member constituencies based on the provinces. Seats are allocated using the largest remainder method.[2]

Campaign

Candidates began campaigning on 9 April 2017.[3]

Parties boycotting the elections included Talaie El-Houriat and Jil Jadid, whilst the Union of Democratic and Social Forces was not authorised.

Results

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Liberation Front	1,681,321	25.99	164	–44
	National Rally for Democracy	964,560	14.91	100	+32
	MSP–FC	393,632	6.09	33	–
	Rally for Hope for Algeria	270,112	4.18	19	New
	Future Front	265,564	4.11	14	+12
	Algerian Popular Movement	241,087	3.73	13	+6
	Ennahda–FJD	239,148	3.70	15	–
	Workers' Party	191,965	2.97	11	–13
	Socialist Forces Front	152,489	2.36	14	–13
	National Republican Alliance	121,156	1.87	6	+4
	Freedom and Justice Party	88,418	1.37	2
	New Dawn	82,993	1.28	1	–4
	Dignity Party	81,180	1.26	3	+1
	Movement for National Reform	77,290	1.19	1	–
	El Fath	69,063	1.07	1
	Rally for Culture and Democracy	65,841	1.02	9
	National Front for Social Justice	63,827	0.99	1	–2
	Party of Youth	63,682	0.98	2	0
	Movement of National Understanding	51,960	0.80	4
	New Algeria Front	49,413	0.76	1
	Independante El Wihda	42,757	0.66	3
	Ahd 54	42,160	0.65	2	–1
	Republican Patriotic Rally	40,645	0.63	2	0
	El-Infitah Movement	38,061	0.59	1	0
	National Struggle Front	34,695	0.54	2
	Union of Democratic and Social Forces	33,372	0.52	1	–2
	National Front for Freedom	31,976	0.49	1
	Free Democratic Front	28,790	0.45	2
	National Party for Solidarity and Development	28,617	0.44	2	–2
	Party of Algerian Renewal	24,584	0.38	1	0
	National Assembly Union	17,577	0.27	1
	El Taouasol	16,334	0.25	1
	National Union for Development	15,037	0.23	1
	El Hillal	14,582	0.23	1
	National Movement of Algerian Workers	14,369	0.22	1
	Movement of Free Citizens	14,085	0.22	1	0
	Equity and Proclamation Party	13,400	0.21	1
	Hope and Work	12,803	0.20	1
	Nidaa El Awfiaa	12,224	0.19	1
	El Wafa Wa Tawassol	12,170	0.19	1
	El Wihda Oua Ettadaoul	10,771	0.17	1
	El Wafa	10,561	0.16	1
	Voice of the People	9,831	0.15	1
	Abnaa Echaab	9,427	0.15	1
	El Ouancharisse	9,046	0.14	2
	En Nadjah	9,019	0.14	1
	El Ichrak	8,901	0.14	1
	El Moubadara	8,662	0.13	1
	Elamel	8,388	0.13	1
	Al Kafaa Wal Masdakia	7,856	0.12	1
	Old Ksar	7,149	0.11	1
	Sawt Echaab	6,652	0.10	1
	Izewran Independent List	6,402	0.10	1
	El Amel	6,361	0.10	1
	Independent Citizen Alternative List	5,977	0.09	1
	El Darrouri	5,675	0.09	1
	Forsane Ouargla	5,414	0.08	1
	El Badr	5,161	0.08	1
	El Noor	4,549	0.07	1
	Citizen Initiative	4,309	0.07	1
Other parties		615,130	9.51	0	–
Total		6,468,180	100.00	462	0
Valid votes		6,468,180	78.64
Invalid/blank votes		1,757,043	21.36
Total votes		8,225,223	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		23,251,503	35.38
Source: Constitutional Council

References

1. Algeria to hold parliamentary election on May 4 Archived 2017-02-06 at the Wayback Machine Euronews, 2 February 2017
2. Al-Majlis Al-Chaabi Al-Watani (National People's Assembly) IPU
3. "Muted start to election campaigning in Algeria". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 9 April 2017.