Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Algiers in February 2006According to official results, Abedelaziz Bouteflika , the 72-year-old president of Algeria, has been reelected to a third term as the country's leader in a landslide. Yazid Zerhouni, the Algerian Interior Minister, stated that Bouteflika obtained 90.24\% of the vote in the election, which was held on Thursday. Voter turnout was 74\%, with some of the opposition parties boycotting the election amidst allegations of election fraud . The second-place finisher in Thursday's polls was Louisa Hanoune , representing the Trotskyist Workers' Party , who managed to take 4.22\% of the vote. The Algerian National Front 's Moussa Touati garnered 2.31\% of the polls to take third place.
Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Algiers in February 2006According to official results, , the 72-year-old of Algeria, has been reelected to a third term as the country's leader in a landslide. Yazid Zerhouni, the Algerian Interior Minister, stated that Bouteflika obtained 90.24\% of the vote in the election, which was held on Thursday. Voter turnout was 74\%, with some of the opposition parties the election amidst allegations of . The second-place finisher in Thursday's polls was , representing the , who managed to take 4.22\% of the vote. The 's Moussa Touati garnered 2.31\% of the polls to take third place.
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Abedelaziz Bouteflika
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election fraud
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Louisa Hanoune
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Trotskyist Workers' Party
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Algerian National Front