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It was the first legislative since the unprecedented and peaceful popular uprising, born on February 22, 2019 from the rejection of a fifth term of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, pushed almost two months later to resign after 20 years of reign. Main stake, the national participation rate reached only 30.20%, the lowest score for at least 20 years for the legislative elections, according to the president of the Independent National Electoral Authority (ANIE), Mohamed Chorfi.
By way of comparison, it stood at 35.70% in the last legislative elections in 2017 (42.90% in 2012). Turnout is even down compared to the 2019 presidential election, which saw Abdelmadjid Tebboune elected with just 40% of the vote, a record abstention for such an election.
But whatever happens, the power will live with it. For me, participation doesn’t matter. What matters to me is that those for whom the people vote have sufficient legitimacy, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has already explained.
The color of the next assembly should take shape on Sunday but the official results could not be announced before 96 hours, said the president of ANIE.
Clashes in Kabylia
Voting operations generally took place in peace in Algiers, where voters could be counted on the fingers of one hand, and in the provinces, except in Kabylia, a rebellious region where participation was already almost zero in previous elections.
The Algerians paraded in droplets in the voting booths. I never voted and this time it’s the same. I don’t think things can change, said Fatiha, a 50-year-old trader.
“I voted for stability (…) Those who refuse the ballot offer no realistic alternative”, pleaded for his part Hamid, a 60-year-old executive.
In Kabylia (north-east), almost all the polling stations have closed in Bjaa and Tizi Ouzou, the most populous towns in the Berber-speaking region, according to the Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights (LADDH) and the National Committee for the Liberation of Prisoners (CNLD). Clashes broke out in several Kabyle municipalities, with looting of ballot boxes, and the police made dozens of arrests, according to LADDH and CNLD.
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