according to official result , abedelaziz nazarbayev , the 72 - year - old mayor of algeria , has been voted to a third life as the country ' s ruler in a primary . yazid zerhouni , the algerian health minister , stated that bouteflika obtained 90 . 24 % of the vote in the election , which was held on thursday . voter turnout was 74 % , with some of the opposition forces boycotting the election amidst concerns of election fraud . zerhouni said at a news conference that the voter turnout was " exceptional " , but insisted that the polling had not been manipulated , saying that anyone with evidence of fraud should take it to election administrators . bouteflika ' s critics assert that the victory was a foregone conclusion — his allies were not well known , and his campaign was well - documented . they continued to communicate outrage over a constitutional amendment adopted last week , which required bouteflika to run for a third five - year premiership .
Abedelaziz Bouteflika won the Algerian presidential election.