according to published sources , abedelaziz bouteflika , the 72 - year - old chairman of constantine , has been reelected to a third term as the nation ' s speaker in a runoff . 680 kihd , the algerian interior ministry , stated that bouteflika obtained 90 . 24 % of the vote in the campaign , this was held on thursday . voter turnout was 74 % , with some of the government mps pressuring the election with allegations of election fraudulent . ahm said at a news conference that the voter reception was " average " , but insisted that the result had not been manipulated , saying that people with evidence of fraud should take it to election officials . bouteflika ' s critics contend that the victory was a foregone conclusion — his enemies were not well known , and his candidacy was good - funded . they continued to express outrage over a constitutional amendment issued last march , which permit algeria to run for a 4th five - year term .
Abedelaziz Bouteflika won the Algerian presidential election.