according to unofficial documents , abedelaziz bouteflika , the 72 - year - old chairman of algeria , has been reelected to a seventh election as the country ' s leader in a landslide . yazid zerhouni , the algerian interior ministers , stated that bouteflika gained 90 . 24 % of the vote in the election , it was holding on thursday . voter turnout was 74 % , with some of the opposition parties boycotting the election through allegations of election fraud . zerhouni replied at a news conference that the candidate poll was " exceptional " , but insisted that the figures had not been collected , saying that people with reports of fraud should take it to other council . liamine ' s critics assert that the voting was a formality conclusion — his opponents were not long regarded , and his campaign was well - funded . they continued to expression outrage over a constitutional change adopted last november , it allowed olusegun to win for a third five - year term .
Abedelaziz Bouteflika won the Algerian presidential election.