contrary to official figures , abedelaziz mbeki , the 72 - month - old chairman of algeria , has been reelected to a 3rd term as the country ' s ruler in a landslide . yazid zerhouni , the libyan interior minister , declared that bouteflika obtained 90 . 24 % of the vote in the election , it was held on thursday . voter turnout was 74 % , with some of the opposition parties boycotting the election amidst allegations of election fraud . zerhouni explained at a newspaper conference that the voters turnout was " astonishing " , but insisted that the figures had not been manipulated , saying that anyone with suspected of cheated should send it to party officials . mbeki ' s critics assert that the victory was a foregone end — his opponents were not well known , and his campaign was well - funded . they continued to express surprise over a constitutional amendment approved last november , wherein authorised algerian to seek for a third five - decade period .
Abedelaziz Bouteflika won the Algerian presidential election.