ALGERIA: Parliamentary Elections, 10 May 2012
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
Region: Middle East
Description of government structure:
Chief of State: President Abdelaziz BOUTEFLIKA *
Head of Government: President Abdelaziz BOUTEFLIKA
Assembly: Algeria has a bicameral Parliament (Majlis) consisting of the Council of the Nation (Majlis al-Oumma) with 144 seats and the National People's Assembly (Al-Majlis Ech-Chaabi Al-Watani) with 389 seats.
* A November 2008 constitutional amendment abolished presidential term limits. The electoral system is two-round.
Description of electoral system:
The President is elected by absolute majority vote through a two-round system to serve a 5-year term.
In the Council of the Nation (Majlis al-Oumma), 96 members are indirectly elected by an electoral college to serve 6-year terms and 48 members are appointed by the President to serve 6-year terms*. In the National People's Assembly (Al-Majlis Ech-Chaabi Al-Watani) 389 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 5-year terms.**
* The Constitution requires half the Council of Nations to be renewed every three years. There are 48 multi-member (2 seats) corresponding to country's wilayas (administrative districts).
Population:
Population: 35,406,303 (July 2012 est.)
Source: IFES Election Guide
Modest Steps Can Increase Transparency of Algerian Elections, ND
With elections just five weeks away, Algerian electoral authorities and other political actors still have time to implement measures that can enhance the transparency of the country’s May 10 parliamentary elections, according to a report released today by an international pre-election assessment delegation organized by NDI.
The delegation, which began its evaluation on March 31 and concluded today, is part of an international election observation mission organized by NDI at the invitation of the Algerian government.
Read the full story at NDI.
Algeria to Allow Foreign NGOs to Monitor Vote | Feb. 21, 2012
Election observers from U.S. non-governmental organizations the Carter Center and the National Democratic Institute will for the first time be able to monitor a parliamentary election in Algeria later this year, the interior minister said Tuesday.
"The new thing also will be the presence of international observers from the EU, the Arab League and so on, but also international NGOs (non-governmental organizations) such as the NDI and the Carter Foundation," he said.
See the full story at NDI.
Modest Steps Can Increase Transparency of Algerian Elections, ND
With elections just five weeks away, Algerian electoral authorities and other political actors still have time to implement measures that can enhance the transparency of the country’s May 10 parliamentary elections, according to a report released today by an international pre-election assessment delegation organized by NDI.
The delegation, which began its evaluation on March 31 and concluded today, is part of an international election observation mission organized by NDI at the invitation of the Algerian government.
Read the full story at NDI.
Algeria to Allow Foreign NGOs to Monitor Vote | Feb. 21, 2012
Election observers from U.S. non-governmental organizations the Carter Center and the National Democratic Institute will for the first time be able to monitor a parliamentary election in Algeria later this year, the interior minister said Tuesday.
"The new thing also will be the presence of international observers from the EU, the Arab League and so on, but also international NGOs (non-governmental organizations) such as the NDI and the Carter Foundation," he said.
See the full story at NDI.