according to official results , abedelaziz bouteflika , the 72 - year - old president of algeria , has been reelected to a new election as the movement ' s leader in a primary . mustafa moh , the national interior official , stated that bouteflika obtained 90 . 24 % of the vote in the contest , which was concluded on day . voter attendance was 74 % , with some of the opposition parties boycotting the election amidst complaints of election fraud . acebes declared at a news dinner that the electoral turnout was " exceptional " , but maintained that the figures had not been modified , saying that somebody with evidence of fraud should take it to election authorities . thabo ' s critics assert that the victory was a foregone decision — his opponents were not well known , and his candidate was well - managed . they proceeded to express outrage over a constitutional resolution announced last november , which allowed bouteflika to run for a sixth five - year sentence .
Abedelaziz Bouteflika won the Algerian presidential election.