according to official results , abedelaziz bouteflika , the 72 - year - old presidents of camille , has been reelected to a third term as the people ' s speaker in a landslide . mehmed zerhouni , the national justice commissioner , stated that bouteflika obtained 90 . 24 % of the vote in the event , when was held on thursday . poll voting was 74 % , with some of the conservative politicians boycotted the polls amidst allegations of election cheating . philippi said at a news conference that the voter turnout was " exceptional " , but insisted that the figures had not been produced , saying that somebody with evidence of irregularities should take it to election authority . bouteflika ' s fans claim that the victory was a outcome conclusion — his opponents were not well respected , and his candidate was well - sponsored . they continued to indicate outrage over a constitutional amendment proposed that november , having permits benflis to run for a third four - years term .
Abedelaziz Bouteflika won the Algerian presidential election.