{"id":34378,"date":"2017-05-05T17:41:07","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T17:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/algeria-election-governing-coalition-wins\/"},"modified":"2017-05-05T17:41:03","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T17:41:03","slug":"algeria-election-governing-coalition-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/algeria-election-governing-coalition-wins\/","title":{"rendered":"Algeria election: Governing coalition wins parliamentary vote"},"content":{"rendered":"

{Algeria’s governing coalition has retained its majority in parliamentary elections, official results show.}<\/p>\n

The National Liberation Front (FNL) won 164 seats in the 462-seat lower house with its ally, the National Democratic Rally (RND), on 97.<\/p>\n

Turnout was just over 38%, the interior ministry said, reflecting widespread disinterest among voters.<\/p>\n

The poll took place amid deep economic gloom and uncertainty over the health of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika.<\/p>\n

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Mr Bouteflika’s FNL party has dominated the country’s politics since independence in 1962.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, the 80-year-old leader voted from a wheelchair in Algiers, in a rare public appearance since a 2013 stroke.<\/p>\n

Announcing the results on national television, Interior Minister Noureddine Bedoui said there had been “an exemplary atmosphere” during the election.<\/p>\n

“The Algerian people have proved that they insist on their voices being heard,” he said.<\/p>\n

Final results must be confirmed by the constitutional council following any appeals.<\/p>\n

Correspondents say many Algerians are disillusioned with the political system which is largely presidential and gives the National Assembly only limited powers.<\/p>\n

The rule of President Bouteflika has been criticised for corruption and a lack of freedom, even though he has overseen a period of relative stability and prosperity following a decade-long civil war in the 1990s.<\/p>\n

A collapse in oil prices has hit the country’s economy badly and led to austerity measures being imposed.<\/p>\n

Unemployment is high, particularly among Algeria’s youth, and poverty remains widespread.<\/p>\n

More than 23 million people were eligible to vote for 11,334 candidates from 50 different political parties, including opposition Islamist alliances, in Thursday’s elections.<\/p>\n

Algerian lawmakers are elected for a five-year term.<\/p>\n

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Source:BBC <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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