# 1991 Algerian parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Algeria on 26 December 1991. They were the first multi-party parliamentary elections since independence, but the second round due to be held on 16 January 1992 was cancelled five days before by a military coup after the military expressed concerns that the Islamic Salvation Front, which was almost certain to win more than the two-thirds majority of seats required to change the constitution, would form an Islamic state. This led to the outbreak of the Algerian Civil War.
Of 430 seats contested, 232 were won outright with 50% or more of the first-round vote; the remaining 198 would have proceeded to a second round contested only by the two candidates with the highest number of votes. Voter turnout in the first-round was 59%.

## Results

Seats :
| | Islamic Salvation Front | 3,260,222 | 47.27 | 188 |
| | National Liberation Front | 1,612,947 | 23.38 | 16 |
| | Socialist Forces Front | 510,661 | 7.40 | 25 |
| | Movement of Society for Peace | 368,697 | 5.35 | 0 |
| | Rally for Culture and Democracy | 200,267 | 2.90 | 0 |
| | Islamic Renaissance Movement | 150,093 | 2.18 | 0 |
| | Movement for Democracy in Algeria | 135,882 | 1.97 | 0 |
| | Party of Algerian Renewal | 67,828 | 0.98 | 0 |
| | National Party for Solidarity and Development | 48,208 | 0.70 | 0 |
| | Social Democratic Party | 28,638 | 0.42 | 0 |
| | Algerian Movement for Justice and Development | 27,623 | 0.40 | 0 |
| | Democratic Movement for Algerian Renewal | 10,934 | 0.16 | 0 |
| | Arab-Islamic Rally | 10,824 | 0.16 | 0 |
| | Liberal Social Party | 9,272 | 0.13 | 0 |
| | Alliance for Justice and Freedom | 9,898 | 0.14 | 0 |
| | Union for Democracy and Freedom | 9,298 | 0.13 | 0 |
| | Algerian Boumedien Islamic Rally | 9,037 | 0.13 | 0 |
| | Democratic Youth Movement | 8,902 | 0.13 | 0 |
| | Union of Democratic Forces | 8,853 | 0.13 | 0 |
| | People's Unity Party | 7,731 | 0.11 | 0 |
| | Party of Democratic Islamic Arab Union | 7,283 | 0.11 | 0 |
| | National Alliance of Independent Democrats | 6,867 | 0.10 | 0 |
| | Democratic Generation | 6,726 | 0.10 | 0 |
| | National Salvation Front | 6,575 | 0.10 | 0 |
| | Workers' Socialist Party | 6,464 | 0.09 | 0 |
| | Popular Association for Unity and Action | 6,455 | 0.09 | 0 |
| | Ecology and Liberty | 5,558 | 0.08 | 0 |
| | Progressive Republican Party | 4,872 | 0.07 | 0 |
| | Union of Forces for Progress | 4,184 | 0.06 | 0 |
| | Jihad Front for Unity | 3,899 | 0.06 | 0 |
| | Independence Generations' Front | 3,860 | 0.06 | 0 |
| | Republican Party | 3,668 | 0.05 | 0 |
| | Front for Algerian Democratic Authenticity | 3,600 | 0.05 | 0 |
| | Algerian Liberal Party | 2,934 | 0.04 | 0 |
| | Algerian Party of the Essential Man | 2,698 | 0.04 | 0 |
| | Ahd 54 | 2,490 | 0.04 | 0 |
| | Democratic Progressive Party | 2,380 | 0.03 | 0 |
| | Algerian National Rally | 2,045 | 0.03 | 0 |
| | Party of Law | 1,476 | 0.02 | 0 |
| | Social Movement for Authenticity | 1,225 | 0.02 | 0 |
| | Algerian Party for Justice and Progress | 1,222 | 0.02 | 0 |
| | Social Justice Party | 1,186 | 0.02 | 0 |
| | Popular Forces' Front | 1,067 | 0.02 | 0 |
| | Rally for National Unity | 933 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Organisation of the Forces of Free Revolutionary Islamic Algeria | 930 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Algerian Nation's Youth Rally | 928 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Algerian National Party | 816 | 0.01 | 0 |
| | Movement for the Islamic Risala | 188 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | National Rally for Progress | 111 | 0.00 | 0 |
| | Independents | 309,264 | 4.48 | 3 |
| Undetermined | Undetermined | | | 198 |
| Total | Total | 6,897,719 | 100.00 | 430 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 6,897,719 | 88.18 | |
| Invalid/blank votes | Invalid/blank votes | 924,906 | 11.82 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | 7,822,625 | 100.00 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 13,258,554 | 59.00 | |
| Source: Nohlen et al. |||||