Algerian legislative election, 1991
Algerian legislative election, 1991
|
|
|
|
|
|
Parliamentary elections were held in Algeria on 26 December 1991. The first multi-party elections since independence, they were cancelled by a military coup after the first round, triggering the Algerian Civil War, after the military expressed concerns that the Islamic Salvation Front, which was almost certain to win more than the two-thirds majority of seats required to change the constitution, would democratically form an Islamic state. Of 430 seats contested, 231 were won outright with 50% or more of the ballot; the remaining 199 would have proceeded to a second ballot contested only by the two candidates with the highest number of votes.
Voter turnout was 59.0%.[1]
Results
| Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
| Islamic Salvation Front |
3,260,222 |
47.3 |
188 |
| National Liberation Front |
1,612,947 |
23.4 |
15 |
| Socialist Forces Front |
510,661 |
7.4 |
25 |
| Movement of Society for Peace |
368,697 |
5.4 |
0 |
| Independents |
309,264 |
4.5 |
0 |
| Rally for Culture and Democracy |
200,267 |
2.9 |
0 |
| Islamic Renaissance Movement |
150,093 |
2.2 |
0 |
| Movement for Democracy in Algeria |
135,882 |
2.0 |
0 |
| Party of Algerian Renewal |
67,828 |
1.0 |
0 |
| National Party for Solidarity and Development |
48,208 |
0.7 |
0 |
| Social Democratic Party |
28,638 |
0.4 |
0 |
| Algerian Movement for Justice and Development |
27,623 |
0.4 |
0 |
| Democratic Movement for Algerian Renewal |
10,934 |
0.2 |
0 |
| Arab-Islamic Rally |
10,824 |
0.2 |
0 |
| Liberal Social Party |
9,272 |
0.1 |
0 |
| Alliance for Justice and Freedom |
9,898 |
0.1 |
0 |
| Union for Democracy and Freedom |
9,298 |
0.1 |
0 |
| Algerian Boumedien Islamic Rally |
9,037 |
0.1 |
0 |
| Democratic Youth Movement |
8,902 |
0.1 |
0 |
| Union of Democratic Forces |
8,853 |
0.1 |
0 |
| People's Unity Party |
7,731 |
0.1 |
0 |
| Party of Democratic Islamic Arab Union |
7,283 |
0.1 |
0 |
| National Alliance of Independent Democrats |
6,867 |
0.1 |
0 |
| Democratic Generation |
6,726 |
0.1 |
0 |
| National Salvation Front |
6,575 |
0.1 |
0 |
| Workers' Socialist Party |
6,464 |
0.1 |
0 |
| Popular Association for Unity and Action |
6,455 |
0.1 |
0 |
| Ecology and Liberty |
5,558 |
0.1 |
0 |
| Progressive Republican Party |
4,872 |
0.1 |
0 |
| Union of Forces for Progress |
4,184 |
0.1 |
0 |
| Jihad Front for Unity |
3,899 |
0.1 |
0 |
| Independence Generations' Front |
3,860 |
0.1 |
0 |
| Republican Party |
3,668 |
0.1 |
0 |
| Front for Algerian Democratic Authenticity |
3,600 |
0.1 |
0 |
| Algerian Liberal Party |
2,934 |
0.0 |
0 |
| Algerian Party of the Essential Man |
2,698 |
0.0 |
0 |
| Ahd 54 |
2,490 |
0.0 |
0 |
| Democratic Progressive Party |
2,380 |
0.0 |
0 |
| Algerian National Rally |
2,045 |
0.0 |
0 |
| Party of Law |
1,476 |
0.0 |
0 |
| Social Movement for Authenticity |
1,225 |
0.0 |
0 |
| Algerian Party for Justice and Progress |
1,222 |
0.0 |
0 |
| Social Justice Party |
1,186 |
0.0 |
0 |
| Popular Forces' Front |
1,067 |
0.0 |
0 |
| Rally for National Unity |
933 |
0.0 |
0 |
| Ofaril |
930 |
0.0 |
0 |
| Algerian Nation's Youth Rally |
928 |
0.0 |
0 |
| Algerian National Party |
816 |
0.0 |
0 |
| Movement for the Islamic Risala |
188 |
0.0 |
0 |
| National Rally for Progress |
111 |
0.0 |
0 |
| Invalid/blank votes |
924,906 |
- |
- |
| Total |
7,822,625 |
100 |
231 |
| Source: Nohlen et al |
References
- ^ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p54 ISBN 0198296452