Abdelaziz Bouteflika re-elected president of the Republic

Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been re-elected president of the Republic for a third term with 12,911,705 of the vote, that is, a 90.24 percent majority, in the presidential election held on Thursday, April 9, Minister of State, Minister of Interior and Local Authorities Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni announced on Friday.

• He is followed by Louisa Hanoune with 604,258 votes, that is, 4.22 percent, Moussa Touati with 330,570 votes (2.31 per cent), Djahid Younsi with 176,674 votes (1.37 percent), Ali Fawzi Rebaïne with 133,129 votes (0.93 percent) and Mohamed Said with 132,242 votes (0.92 percent), Zerhouni added in a news conference.
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