April 15, 1999

At stake in this election:

• The office of the president of Algeria

• The president is directly elected for a five-year term.
• Candidates for president require either the formal support of 600 elected officials or 75,000 signatures from 25 of the country's 48 regions.

Results of the election for president:

• Note: Six of the seven presidential candidates officially withdrew before election day.  Abdelaziz BOUTEFLIKA became the only remaining candidate in the race.

• Presidential Candidate: Abdelaziz BOUTEFLIKA
  Party: Independent
  Valid Votes Received: 7,445,045
  Percent of Valid Votes Received: 73.76%

• Presidential Candidate: Ahmed TALEB-IBRAHIMI
  Party: Independent
  Valid Votes Received: 1,265,594
  Percent of Valid Votes Received: 12.54%

• Presidential Candidate: Abdallah DJABALLAH
  Party: Independent
  Valid Votes Received: 400,080
  Percent of Valid Votes Received: 3.96%

• Presidential Candidate: Mouloud HAMROUCHE
  Party: Independent
  Valid Votes Received: 314,160
  Percent of Valid Votes Received: 3.11%

• Presidential Candidate: Mokdad SIFI
  Party: Independent
  Valid Votes Received: 226,139
  Percent of Valid Votes Received: 2.24%

• Presidential Candidate: Youcef KHATIB
  Party: Independent
  Valid Votes Received: 121,414
  Percent of Valid Votes Received: 1.20%

• Presidential Candidate: Hocine AIT-AHMED
  Party: Socialist Forces Front (FFS)
  Valid Votes Received: 32,179
  Percent of Valid Votes Received: 0.32%

When was the last presidential election?

• Last presidential election held: November 16, 1995
• In this election, Liamine ZEROUAL received 61.01% of the vote and thus defeated Mahfoud NAHNAH, his closest competitor with 25.67% of the vote.

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 30,480,793 (July 1998 est.)
• Number of registered voters: 17,488,757