صحافة بلادي صحيفة إلكترونية مغاربية متجددة على مدار الساعة تعنى بشؤون المغرب الجزائر ليبيا موريتانيا تونس
Algeria –Today, Thursday, Algerians went to the polls to choose members of the National People’s Assembly, in legislative elections that are the second since the popular movement that the country witnessed in 2019, amid anticipation of the extent to which political parties will be able to regain their influence, in contrast to the noticeable decline of independent lists.
More thanparticipate in this benefit 24.7 million voters, between them is about854 thousand voters from members of the Algerian community abroad, to choose407 representativesOut of approximately10 thousand candidatesAccording to figures from the Independent National Elections Authority.
These elections are of special importance, as they are the first electoral test after a series of constitutional and legal reforms that followed the election of the presidentAbdel Majeed Tebboune, following the resignation of the late President Abdelaziz Bouteflika following the popular movement in 2019.
Voting is conducted according to thesystem Open menuApproved since the 2021 elections, which allows the voter to choose one or more candidates within the same list, in a step aimed at reducing the phenomenon of buying list heads and enhancing freedom of choice.
And compete in the elections793 electoral listsIncludes9854 candidates, represents32 political partiesAnd one alliance, in addition to125 independent listsAfter the supervisory body rejected 61 lists because they did not meet the legal requirements.
The presence of young people and those holding university degrees on electoral lists is also evident, as candidates under the age of forty constitute more than half of the number of candidates, while university graduates represent approximately 47%, while the percentage of women is approximately 21%, in line with the requirements of the electoral law.
These elections come after legal reforms aimed at reducing the influence of political money, most notably the implementation of Article 200 of the Election Law, which prevents the candidacy of persons linked to suspicions of corruption or suspicious money, in addition to the exclusion of representatives who changed their party affiliations during their parliamentary term.
Unlike the 2021 elections, no political force announced its boycott of the current election, but rather historical parties returned to the competition, includingLabor PartyAndSocialist Forces FrontAndRally for Culture and DemocracyAfter she was absent from the previous elections.
On the other hand, independent lists recorded an unprecedented decline, as their number decreased from more than1200 ListYear 2021 to125 listings onlyIn the 2026 elections, the total number of candidate lists decreased from about2490 Listto852 ListThis is an indicator that reflects the return of parties to the forefront of the political scene after years of the rise of independents.
Observers believe that this transformation reflects the parties’ restoration of their organizational and supervisory capacity, in contrast to the decline in momentum that accompanied the independent lists following the popular movement, in the absence of organizational structures that guarantee their continuity.
The biggest stake in these elections remains related to the participation rate, which the authorities and parties seek to raise to enhance the popular legitimacy of the new National People’s Assembly, at a time when the authorities confirm that the recent reforms have provided greater guarantees for the integrity of the electoral process, and that the practices of manipulating the results of the vote have become, according to President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, “a thing of the past.”
Source:“My press”
