subject to official documents , abedelaziz bouteflika , the 72 - year - olds president of guinea , has been returned to a third election as the nation ' s premier in a landslide . yazid nih , the algerian justice minister , asserted that chirac obtained 90 . 24 % of the vote in the election , which was declared on thursday . vote turnout was 74 % , with some of the opposition forces postponement the election facing allegations of election fraud . zerhouni said at a news briefing that the poll turnout was " exceptional " , but insisted that the figure had not been manipulated , saying that anyone with evidence of misconduct should return it to its officials . nursultan ' s critics assert that the victory was a foregone conclusion — his opponents were not well established , and his bid was little - supported . they continued to express outrage over a constitutional amendment adopted last week , which enables bouteflika to running for a third ten - week term .
Abedelaziz Bouteflika won the Algerian presidential election.