Algerian local election, 1990

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The Algerian local elections of 1990 were the first multiparty elections to take place in independent Algeria.

[edit] APC (Popular Communal Assembly) Results

Party	Votes	Share of Vote	Councils	Seats
FIS	4,331,472	54.3%	853	5,987
FLN	2,245,798	28.1%	487	4,799
RCD	166,104	2.1%	87	623
PNSD	131,100	1.6%	2	134
Other parties	179,036	2.2%	4	143
Independents	931,278	11.7%	106	1,189
Total	7,984,788	100%

Turnout: 8,366,760 (65.2%) Valid votes cast: 7,984,788 (62.2%)

[edit] APW (Popular Wilaya Assembly) Results

Full results are not available; only the following information is provided here:

Party	Votes	Share of Vote	Councils	Seats
FIS	4,520,668	57.4%	31*	1,031
FLN	2,166,887	27.5%	6	667
RCD			1	55
PNSD			0	8
Other parties			0	13
Independents			1	99
Total	7,877,000	100%

* 9 councils with no overall control

Turnout: 8,238,921 (64.2%) Valid votes cast: 7,877,000 (61.3%)

[edit] Bibliography

• Jacques Fontaine, 'Les elections locales Algériennes du 12 Juin 1990: approche statistique et géographique'. Maghreb-Machrek, no. 129 (Juillet-Septembre 1990)
• Keith Sutton, Ahmed Aghrout, & Salah Zaimche, 'Political changes in Algeria: an emerging electoral geography', Maghreb Review, vol. 17, nos. 1-2 (1992).