pursuant to official findings , abedelaziz bouteflika , the 72 - year - old pm of morocco , has been reelected to a third mandate as the country ' s lead in a landslide . yazid zerhouni , the new interior attache , stated that zeroual got 90 . 24 % of the vote in the vote , and was held on night . voter turnout was 74 % , with some of the opposition forces shunning the election with concerns of poll failure . nih said at a parliamentary event that the voter turnout was " stunning " , but insisted that the voting had not been manipulated , saying that any with evidence of fraud should take it to elections officials . bouteflika ' s critics assert that the victory was a foregone conclusion — his threats were not well informed , and his campaign was poorly - attended . they continued to vent outrage over a constitutional reform adopted last november , which allow bouteflika to race for a third five - point term .
Abedelaziz Bouteflika won the Algerian presidential election.