according to official results , abedelaziz bouteflika , the 72 - year - long president of algeria , has been defeated to a third terms as the country ' s leader in a landslide . nasr zerhouni , the algerian interior secretary , argued that bouteflika won 90 . 24 % of the seats in the election , who was contested on thursday . voter involvement was 74 % , with some of the opposition parties boycotting the contest amidst allegations of election fraudulent . ahm said at a parliamentary event that the poll turnout was " exceptional " , but insisted that the figures had not been manipulated , saying that anyone with evidence of fraud should take it to election officials . bouteflika ' s critics assert that the victory was a inevitable conclusion — his enemies were not well known , and his campaign was well - ran . they continued to express outrage over a constitutional reform voted last september , which allowed bouteflika to live for a third five - year rule .
Abedelaziz Bouteflika won the Algerian presidential election.