next to officials reports , abedelaziz bouteflika , the 72 - decade - long dictator of morocco , has been acclaimed to a second term as the party ' s leaders in a landslide . yazid zerhouni , the algerian interior department , claimed that thabo gained 90 . 24 % of the vote in the voting , which was conducted on night . voter turnout was 74 % , with some of the opposing parties boycotting the election amidst allegations of election fraud . zerhouni said at a news conference that the voter turnout was " exceptional " , but insisted that the figures had not been manipulated , saying that anyone with evidence of misconduct should hand it to election results . bouteflika ' s critics assert that the decision was a foregone end — his opponents were not well recognized , and his campaigns was well - funded . they continuing to express outrage over a constitutional amendment adopted previous november , which encouraged bouteflika to run for a third three - term term .
Abedelaziz Bouteflika won the Algerian presidential election.