Presidential elections were held in

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on 8 April 2004.Election for President
IFES Incumbent President

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was re-elected with 85% of the vote.

Candidates

* Ali Benflis, candidate of the National Liberation Front (FLN) *

, candidate of a coalition including the Movement for the Society of Peace (MSP) and the National Rally for Democracy Assembly (RND), as well as a dissident faction of the National Liberation Front (FLN) * Abdallah Djaballah, candidate of the

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* Ali Fawzi Rebaine, candidate of the Ahd 54 Party * Louisa Hanoune, candidate of the

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* Said Sadi, candidate of the Rally for Culture and Democracy

Conduct

There were about 130 official foreign observers in Algeria for these elections, which followed more than a decade of civil conflict. Delegations of observers came from the

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, the

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, the

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, the

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and the

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(OSCE). An OSCE spokesman said its small

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team observed no obvious

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, and that the election, while not perfect, was excellent by regional standards and that it is "pretty clear" the results reflected the views of the Algerian people. However, the Kabyle population boycotted the elections following the Arouch directives, only 10% (officially) of them went to vote.

Results

References

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Presidential elections in Algeria

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