Algeria’s electoral authority ANIE on Sunday declared incumbent President Abdelmadjid Tebboune the winner of the nation’s newest presidential election. Tebboune secured his second five-year time period with practically 95% of the vote, defeating average Islamist Abdelaali Hassani and socialist Youcef Aouchiche, who obtained 3.17% and a couple of.16% of the vote, respectively. Earlier than the election, it was clear that that Tebboune would win. Nonetheless, he had tried to spice up voter turnout, particularly because the 2019 election that introduced him to energy was marred by a record-low abstention fee of 60%. After polling ended on Saturday, ANIE introduced a provisional participation fee of 48%, considerably decrease than desired. Nonetheless, Hassani’s marketing campaign said that the determine was unusual and alleged there have been makes an attempt to inflate the outcomes. The marketing campaign additionally mentioned it had recorded instances of proxy group voting.
SOURCE: LE MONDE