Algeria’s electoral commission has declared Abdelmadjid Tebboune winner of Saturday’s presidential election in Algeria.
According to Head of the Commission, Mohamed Charfi president, Tebboune had won with over 90 percent of the votes.
“Of 5,630,000 voters recorded, 5,320,000 voted for the independent candidate Abdelmadjid Tebboune, accounting for 94.65 percent,” he said.
Charfi said, while announcing the results, that the body had worked to ensure transparency and fair competition among all candidates.
The closest contenders, Abdelaali Hassani Cherif and Youcef Aouchiche, amassed three percent and two percent of votes respectively.
The total turnout was said to have been 48 percent.
Cherif’s campaign team reportedly said polling station officials were pressured to inflate results.
