2004 Algerian presidential election

2004 Algerian presidential election

8 April 2004
Registered	18,097,255
Turnout	58.07%
Nominee Abdelaziz Bouteflika Ali Benflis Party FLN RND Popular vote 8,651,723 653,951 Percentage 84.99% 6.42%
President before election Abdelaziz Bouteflika FLN Elected President Abdelaziz Bouteflika FLN

Presidential elections were held in Algeria on 8 April 2004. Incumbent President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was re-elected with 85% of the vote.

Candidates

• Ali Benflis, candidate of the National Liberation Front (FLN)
• Abdelaziz Bouteflika, candidate of a coalition including the Movement for the Society of Peace (MSP) and the National Rally for Democracy Assembly (RND), as well as a dissident faction of the National Liberation Front (FLN)
• Abdallah Djaballah, candidate of the Movement for National Reform
• Ali Fawzi Rebaine, candidate of the Ahd 54 Party
• Louisa Hanoune, candidate of the Workers' Party
• Said Sadi, candidate of the Rally for Culture and Democracy

Conduct

There were about 130 official foreign observers in Algeria for these elections, which followed more than a decade of civil conflict. Delegations of observers came from the Arab League, the African Union, the United Nations, the European Parliament and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).

An OSCE spokesman said its small election monitoring team observed no obvious electoral fraud, and that the election, while not perfect, was excellent by regional standards and that it is "pretty clear" the results reflected the views of the Algerian people.

However, the Kabyle population boycotted the elections following the Arouch directives, only 10% (officially) of them went to vote.

Results

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Abdelaziz Bouteflika	National Rally for Democracy	8,651,723	84.99
	Ali Benflis	National Liberation Front	653,951	6.42
	Abdallah Djaballah	Movement for National Reform	511,526	5.02
	Said Sadi	Rally for Culture and Democracy	197,111	1.94
	Louisa Hanoune	Workers' Party	101,630	1.00
	Ali Fawzi Rebaine	Ahd 54	63,761	0.63
Total			10,179,702	100.00
Valid votes			10,179,702	96.87
Invalid/blank votes			329,075	3.13
Total votes			10,508,777	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			18,097,255	58.07
Source: IFES