Claim: 2019 Algerian presidential election had 22 potential candidates, one of whom was Ali Benflis nominated by Vanguards Liberties Party.
Evidence: Ali Benflis (Arabic: على بن فليس‎; born 8 September 1944) is an Algerian politician who was Head of Government of Algeria from 2000 to 2004. 
Benflis ran yet again as an independent candidate in the 2014 Algerian presidential elections held on 17 April 2014. 
National Liberation Front (until 2004)