1979 Algerian presidential election

1979 Algerian presidential election

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Registered7,888,438
Turnout98.99%
 
Candidate Chadli Bendjedid
Party FLN
Popular vote 7,736,697
Percentage 99.37%
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Presidential elections were held in Algeria on 7 February 1979,[1] following the death of incumbent Houari Boumediene in December 1978. His replacement as National Liberation Front leader, Chadli Bendjedid, was elected unopposed with 99.4% of the vote, based on a 99% turnout.[2]

Results

CandidatePartyVotes%
Chadli BendjedidNational Liberation Front7,736,69799.37
Against48,9380.63
Total7,785,635100.00
Valid votes7,785,63599.70
Invalid/blank votes23,8030.30
Total votes7,809,438100.00
Registered voters/turnout7,888,87598.99
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p47 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
  2. ^ Nohlen et al., p59
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