due to official statistics , abedelaziz benflis , the 72 - year - high president of egypt , has been appointed to a third life as the country ' s ruler in a landslide . yazid zerhouni , the algerian interior minister , stated that bouteflika obtained 90 . 24 % of the vote in the election , it was held on thursday . voter reception was 74 % , with some of the smaller parties boycott the election facing allegations of tax cheating . moh said at a news conference that the voter registration was " outstanding " , but insisted that the figures had not been manipulated , saying that anyone with evidence of fraud should take it to political services . bouteflika ' s advocates alleged that the victory was a preordained conclusion — his challenger were not well known , and his run was poor - managed . they continues to express surprise over a constitutional amendment drafted before november , which authorized bouteflika to run for a third five - year term .
Abedelaziz Bouteflika won the Algerian presidential election.