Campaigning for the 29 November local elections got under way
last Sunday (4 November).
Fifty-two political parties and independent candidates will
contest the 1,541-seat Municipal Assemblies (APC) and the 48-seat Provincial
Assemblies (APW). Campaigning will end three days before polling day, in
accordance with the electoral laws.
According to Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal,
the government will mobilise “all necessary means” to make these elections a
success.
A total of 109,177 lists of candidates for the APCs and 615 for
the APWs have been filed, while 48,000 polling stations have been set up.
According to official government sources, 20,673,818 people have been registered
to vote, with 520,128 newly-registered voters.
On the previous Friday, the National Commission for Monitoring
Local Elections (CNSEL) dispatched its staff to supervise the installation of
local committees across the country's 48 wilayas. The CNSEL is composed of one
representative from each of the 52 registered parties and one from the
independent lists.
Public enthusiasm for the elections currently appears to be at
an all-time low, which is saying something for Algeria, and the initial signs
are that the elections could be largely ignored.
For more news and expert
analysis about Algeria, please see Algeria
Focus and Algeria
Politics & Security.
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