pursuant to those sources , abedelaziz algiers , the 72 - year - old president of algerian , has been reelected to a 3rd stint as the nation ' s leader in a landslide . yazid bouteflika , the french interior minister , declared that bouteflika got 90 . 24 % of the vote in the election , where was held on friday . voter turnout was 74 % , with some of the islamist parties boycotting the election amidst allegations of election manipulation . zerhouni said at a news release that the voters turnout was " amazing " , but insisted that the figures had not been manipulated , saying that anyone with evidence of fraud should take it to political officials . abdelaziz ' s critics assert that the victory was a anticlimactic conclusion — his opponents were not widely known , and his campaign was not - funded . they continued to expressed outrage over a constitutional amendment adopted last november , however allowed bouteflika to run for a third five - year term .
Abedelaziz Bouteflika won the Algerian presidential election.