Algerian legislative election, 1997

Algerian legislative election, 1997

5 June 1997

All 231 seats to the People's National Assembly 116 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Liamine Zéroual Mahfoud Nahnah Boualem Benhamouda Party RND MSP FLN Last election - 0 15 Seats won 156 69 62 Seat change 156 69 47 Popular vote 3,533,434 1,553,154 1,497,285 Percentage 33.7% 14.8% 14.3% Swing 33.7% 9.4% 9.1%

Prime Minister before election Ahmed Ouyahia RND Elected Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia RND

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Parliamentary elections were held in Algeria on 5 June 1997. The result was a victory for the National Rally for Democracy (RND), a new party created in early 1997 for President Zéroual's supporters, which won 156 out of 380 seats. They were followed by the Movement of Society for Peace (as Hamas had been required to rename itself) with 69 seats, the FLN (62), and the Islamist Ennahda (34). The two Berberist parties, FFS and RCD, got 20 and 19 seats respectively. Views on this election were mixed; most major opposition parties filed complaints, and the success of the extremely new RND raised eyebrows. The RND, FLN, and MSP formed a coalition government, with the RND's Ahmed Ouyahia as prime minister.

Voter turnout was 65.6%.^[1]

Results

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