attached to official results , abedelaziz karimov , the 72 - year - high politician of sahara , has been reelection to a third term as the revolution ' s head in a row . yazid zerhouni , the algerian interior minister , noted that bouteflika obtained 90 . 24 % of the seat in the election , which was conducted on thursday . election turnout was 74 % , with some of the opposition members quitting the elections amidst suspicions of election failure . zerhouni said at a news outlet that the voter performance was " exceptional " , but insisted that the figures had not been manipulated , saying that individuals with evidence of fraud should bring it to his officials . thabo ' s partisans assert that the victory was a foregone end — his opponents were not well known , and his opponent was well - attended . they started to express outrage over a constitutional amendment adopting last november , whom allowed nursultan to stand for a 3rd five - year term .
Abedelaziz Bouteflika won the Algerian presidential election.