Algeria court certifies President Tebboune’s landslide re-election win

Constitutional Court says the incumbent held his seat by securing 84.3 percent of the votes in September 7 polls.

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has won a second term with a landslide 84.3 percent of the vote in last week’s election, according to the Constitutional Court.

The court on Saturday said it had local voting data to settle questions about irregularities that Tebboune’s opponents had alleged in two appeals this week.

The preliminary results issued by the National Independent Authority for Elections (ANIE) on Sunday gave Tebboune nearly 95 percent support, prompting other candidates to challenge the results in court.

“After verification of the minutes of the regions and correction of the errors noted in the counting of the votes,” it lowered Tebboune’s vote share and determined that his two opponents had won hundreds of thousands more votes than previously reported, Constitutional Court President Omar Belhadj said in remarks broadcast live on national TV and radio stations.

“We announce that Mr Abdelmadjid Tebboune is elected for a second term and will assume his responsibilities when he swears in,” Belhadj said.