Politics Provisional result: Tebboune wins election in Algeria

According to preliminary results, incumbent Abdelmadjid Tebboune has clearly prevailed in the presidential election in Algeria and won a second five-year term in office. Tebboune received 94.6 percent of the vote, said the chairman of Algeria's electoral authority, Mohamed Charfi. The two opposing candidates had no chance at all and received only three and two percent of the votes cast respectively.

At just 48 percent, voter turnout was similarly low as five years ago. The victory therefore has a bitter aftertaste for Tebboune. In the last election in 2019, the turnout was historically low at just under 40%.

Following the announcement of the provisional result, it will now be examined by Algeria's Constitutional Court, which will deal with possible appeal procedures, among other things. Only then will the official final result be announced. This process can take up to three weeks. However, the final results in Algeria generally do not deviate from the preliminary results.