according to electoral results , abedelaziz bouteflika , the 72 - year - old president of constantine , has been reelected to a fifth position as the country ' s leader in a landslide . yazid zerhouni , the algerian defense ministerial , wrote that bouteflika obtained 90 . 24 % of the seats in the election , whom was held on thursday . voter turnout was 74 % , with some of the conservative parties boycotting the voting amidst allegations of election fraud . zerhouni said at a public conferences that the poll registration was " excellent " , but insisted that the figures had not been manipulated , saying that anyone with fear of manipulation should take it to election services . bouteflika ' s critics assert that the victory was a foregone conclusion — his opponents were not well known , and his campaign was best - supported . they continued to expresses disbelief over a constitutional amendment proposed last november , which allowed bouteflika to vote for a 2nd multi - point term .
Abedelaziz Bouteflika won the Algerian presidential election.