Turnout: 20.79%
About this election
Algeria, the largest country in Africa by area and one of the Arab world's major energy producers, renewed the People's National Assembly — the lower house of its bicameral parliament — on 2 July 2026. The election filled the 407 seats of the Assembly for a five-year term and was the first legislative test since the constitutional and institutional changes that followed the 2019 Hirak protest movement. It took place under President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, re-elected in 2024, in a political system where real executive power is concentrated in the presidency and the military rather than in parliament. The National Liberation Front (FLN) remained the largest party, but on a record-low turnout that dominated the story.
The National Independent Authority for Elections (ANIE) announced provisional results on 6 July 2026, via the state news agency APS. The FLN won 90 of the 407 seats, staying the largest party but losing ground; the National Rally for Democracy (RND) came second with 73, followed by the Future Front (El Moustakbal) with 59, the Islamist Movement of Society for Peace (MSP) with 43 and the National Construction Movement (El Binaa) with 38. Independents took 32 seats and the remaining 72 were split among a long tail of smaller lists, including the Voice of the People (17) and the Socialist Forces Front (12). No single party or bloc came close to the 204 seats needed for an absolute majority. The dominant figure of the election was participation: ANIE put provisional turnout at 20.79% nationally (about 21% inside Algeria and roughly 11% among voters abroad) — a historic low, below the previous record of 23% in 2021. The provisional figures remain subject to review by the Constitutional Court, which examines appeals before certifying final results.
Members of the People's National Assembly are elected by proportional representation in multi-member constituencies that correspond to Algeria's wilayas (provinces), with additional seats reserved for the large Algerian community living abroad. A 2021 electoral law reform replaced closed party lists with open lists and introduced measures intended to curb the role of money in politics and encourage younger and independent candidates. The upper house, the Council of the Nation, is not directly elected on the same day: two-thirds of its members are chosen by local and provincial councillors, and the remaining third is appointed by the President. The independent body responsible for organising and supervising elections is the National Independent Authority for Elections (ANIE), created in 2019, with final validation by the Constitutional Court.
Two parties long associated with the post-independence establishment have historically dominated the Assembly: the National Liberation Front (FLN), the party of the independence war and of most of Algeria's history of government, and the National Rally for Democracy (RND). They are challenged by moderate Islamist parties, chief among them the Movement of Society for Peace (MSP), by newer pro-government formations, and — since the 2021 reforms — by a very large number of independent candidates, who collectively formed one of the biggest blocs in the outgoing legislature. Many opposition and secular-left currents, as well as parts of the Hirak movement, have boycotted recent votes, arguing that elections do not change the underlying balance of power.
The political context is defined by the legacy of the Hirak. In 2019, mass peaceful protests forced the resignation of long-serving president Abdelaziz Bouteflika as he sought a fifth term. A presidential election later that year brought Abdelmadjid Tebboune to office amid low turnout, and a 2020 constitutional referendum and 2021 legislative election followed, both marked by historically weak participation. Tebboune was re-elected in 2024. Algeria's politics are shaped by the central role of the military, by hydrocarbon revenues that fund extensive state subsidies, and by the management of social demands around jobs, housing and the cost of living for a young and growing population.
The June 2021 legislative election produced a fragmented Assembly. The FLN emerged as the largest party with just under a hundred seats, ahead of a very large bloc of independents, the Islamist MSP and the RND, with the remaining seats split among smaller parties.
| 2021 result (approximate) | Seats |
| National Liberation Front (FLN) | ~98 |
| Independents | ~78 |
| Movement of Society for Peace (MSP) | ~65 |
| National Rally for Democracy (RND) | ~58 |
Turnout was about 23%, one of the lowest figures ever recorded for an Algerian legislative election, which the opposition cited as evidence of public disengagement from the formal political process.
The headline indicator will again be turnout, watched as a barometer of the gap between citizens and institutions. Other questions include whether the FLN and RND retain their dominance, how the Islamist and independent blocs fare under the open-list rules, and whether any significant opposition forces choose to compete rather than boycott. Because the Assembly does not control the executive, the practical stakes lie less in who governs than in the legitimacy and composition of the legislature.
Algeria's politics also carry regional and linguistic dimensions. The Berber-speaking Kabylie region in the north-east has a long tradition of opposition and has often seen low turnout or outright boycotts in national votes, reflecting tensions over identity and autonomy. The vast Saharan south, sparsely populated but rich in hydrocarbons, and the densely settled northern coast around Algiers, Oran and Constantine, vote in very different contexts. The large Algerian diaspora, concentrated in France, elects its own representatives to the Assembly. Underlying all of this is a young population for whom unemployment, housing and the cost of living are the most pressing everyday concerns.
Voting took place on 2 July 2026, with polling stations open from 08:00 to 19:00 local time. This page shows the provisional seat distribution announced by the National Independent Authority for Elections (ANIE) on 6 July 2026, reported by the state news agency APS. ANIE released the outcome as a national seat count only; it did not publish an official party-by-party vote breakdown by wilaya, so no provincial results map is shown. The figures are provisional pending validation of appeals by the Constitutional Court.
Voting to renew the 407-seat People's National Assembly for a five-year term takes place on Thursday 2 July 2026, with polling stations open from 08:00 to 19:00 local time. Around 24.7 million voters are registered, including some 854,000 living abroad.
The People's National Assembly (lower house) is elected by proportional representation in multi-member wilaya (province) constituencies, with seats also reserved for Algerians living abroad. The upper house, the Council of the Nation, is partly elected by local councillors and partly appointed by the President.
The National Liberation Front (FLN) and the National Rally for Democracy (RND) have historically been the largest parties, alongside Islamist lists such as the Movement of Society for Peace (MSP) and a large bloc of independents that emerged as the biggest force in 2021.
The vote follows the 2019 Hirak protest movement that ended Abdelaziz Bouteflika's presidency, and takes place under President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, re-elected in 2024. Turnout has fallen sharply in recent elections — it was about 23% in 2021 — making participation a key story.
The National Independent Authority for Elections (ANIE) announced provisional results on 6 July 2026. The FLN won 90 of the 407 seats, ahead of the RND (73), the Future Front (59), the MSP (43) and the National Construction Movement (38); independents took 32 and the remaining 72 went to smaller lists. Provisional national turnout was 20.79% — a record low. The figures remain subject to validation by the Constitutional Court.
Compiled and reviewed by Bartłomiej Paruzel, Election Data Analyst, from official results. See our data methodology.