according to reported findings , abedelaziz bouteflika , the 72 - birthday - long president of camille , has been restored to a sixth stint as the country ' s head in a landslide . umayyad zerhouni , the algerian justice minister , stated that bouteflika claimed 90 . 24 % of the vote in the election , which was held on day . official turnout was 74 % , with some of the opposition parties boycotting the campaign amidst allegations of election fraud . zerhouni said at a press conference that the voter registration was " exceptional " , but insisted that the numbers had not been manipulated , saying that anyone with knowledge of fraud should submit it to campaign officials . thabo ' s proponents assert that the decision was a foregone conclusion — his candidates were not already received , and his campaign was not - funded . they continued to express outrage over a constitutional modification adopted last june , which allowed bouteflika to run for a third five - year tenure .
Abedelaziz Bouteflika won the Algerian presidential election.