Parliamentary elections were held in Algeria

Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

 on 5 June 1997. The result was a victory for the National Rally for Democracy (RND), a new party created in early 1997 for President Zéroual

Liamine Zéroual

Liamine Zéroual was the ninth President of Algeria from 31 January 1994 to 27 April 1999.He was born in Batna and joined the National Liberation Army in 1957, at the age of 16, to fight French rule of Algeria. After independence, he received training in Cairo, Moscow, and Paris...

's supporters, which won 156 out of 380 seats. They were followed by the Movement of Society for Peace

Movement of Society for Peace

The Movement for the Society of Peace is an Islamist party in Algeria, led until his 2003 death by Mahfoud Nahnah. Its current leader is Bouguerra Soltani. It is aligned with the international Muslim Brotherhood...

 (as Hamas

Hamas

Hamas is the Palestinian Sunni Islamic or Islamist political party that governs the Gaza Strip. Hamas also has a military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades...

 had been required to rename itself) with 69 seats, the FLN

National Liberation Front (Algeria)

The National Liberation Front is a socialist political party in Algeria. It was set up on November 1, 1954 as a merger of other smaller groups, to obtain independence for Algeria from France.- Anticolonial struggle :...

 (62), and the Islamist Ennahda

Ennahda

EnNahda can stand for:*The Arab Renaissance in the 19th and 20th century, see Al-Nahda*The Tunisian political party, see Ennahda Movement*The Algerian political party, see Islamic Renaissance Movement...

 (34). The two Berberist parties, FFS and RCD, got 20 and 19 seats respectively. Views on this election were mixed; most major opposition parties filed complaints, and the success of the extremely new RND raised eyebrows. The RND, FLN, and MSP formed a coalition government, with the RND's Ahmed Ouyahia

Ahmed Ouyahia

Ahmed Ouyahia is an Algerian politician who has been Prime Minister of Algeria since June 2008. He was previously Prime Minister from 1995 to 1998 and from 2003 to 2006. A career diplomat, he also served as Minister of Justice, and was one of the founders and a president of the RND party...

 as prime minister.

Voter turnout was 65.6%.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats
National Rally for Democracy	3,533,434	33.7	156
Movement of Society for Peace Movement of Society for Peace The Movement for the Society of Peace is an Islamist party in Algeria, led until his 2003 death by Mahfoud Nahnah. Its current leader is Bouguerra Soltani. It is aligned with the international Muslim Brotherhood...	1,553,154	14.8	69
National Liberation Front National Liberation Front (Algeria) The National Liberation Front is a socialist political party in Algeria. It was set up on November 1, 1954 as a merger of other smaller groups, to obtain independence for Algeria from France.- Anticolonial struggle :...	1,497,285	14.3	62
Islamic Renaissance Movement Islamic Renaissance Movement The Islamic Renaissance Movement is a moderate Islamist political party of Algeria.In the 2002 elections it received 0.6 percent of the vote and has one member of parliament. In the 17 May 2007 People's National Assembly elections, the party won 3.39% of the vote and 5 out of 389 seats....	915,446	8.7	34
Socialist Forces Front Socialist Forces Front The Socialist Forces Front , , is a social democratic and secularist, political party in Algeria. It was formed in 1963 by Hocine Ait Ahmed...	527,848	5.0	20
Rally for Culture and Democracy Rally for Culture and Democracy The Rally for Culture and Democracy is a political party in Algeria. It promotes secularism and has its principal power base in Kabylia, a major Berber-speaking region...	442,271	4.2	19
National Republican Alliance National Republican Alliance The National Republican Alliance is a minor Algerian political party led by ex-Prime Minister Redha Malek and founded on May 5, 1995. It is sometimes considered an offshoot of the older FLN. The ANR is strongly anti-Islamist, and denounced the 1995 Sant'Egidio accords, while later backing the...	208,379	2.0	0
Workers' Party Workers' Party (Algeria) The Workers' Party is a Trotskyist political party in Algeria, closely linked with the Workers' Party of France. The party is led by Louisa Hanoune....	194,493	1.9	4
Party of Algerian Renewal Party of Algerian Renewal The Party of Algerian Renewal is a minor political party in Algeria. In the 2002 elections it received 0.3% of the vote and had one member of parliament. In the 17 May 2007 People's National Assembly elections, the party won 1.80% of the vote and 4 out of 389 seats....	197,262	1.9	0
National Movement of Algerian Youth	97,875	0.9	0
Movement of National Understanding Movement of National Understanding The Movement of National Understanding is a minor political party in Algeria. In the 2002 elections, it received 0.2% of the vote. As of the early 2000s, it has one member of parliament. In the 17 May 2007 People's National Assembly elections, the party won 2.14% of the vote and 4 out of 389...	83,939	0.8	0
Algerian Rally Algerian Rally The Algerian Rally is a minor political party in Algeria. In the 17 May 2007 People's National Assembly elections, the party won 1.75% of the vote and 1 out of 389 seats....	79,554	0.8	0
Progressive Republican Party Progressive Republican Party (Algeria) The Progressive Republican Party is a minor political party in Algeria. In the 17 May 2007 People's National Assembly elections, the party won despite 1.42 % of the vote none of the 389 seats....	65,371	0.6	3
Algerian Movement for Justice and Development	61,829	0.6	0
National Constitutional Rally	55,553	0.5	0
Democratic Youth Movement	54,929	0.5	0
Amal Party	53,621	0.5	0
Union for Democracy and Freedom	51,090	0.5	1
Liberal Social Party	36,374	0.4	1
Algerian Liberal Party	327,412	3.1	0
National Alliance of Independent Democrats
National Bloc
Front of Democratic Algerians
Jihad Front for National Unity
Popular Forces' Front
National Boumedienist Front
National Movement for Nature and Development National Movement for Nature and Development The National Movement for Nature and Democracy is a minor Green political party in Algeria. In the 17 May 2007 People's National Assembly elections, the party won 2.00% of the vote and 7 out of 389 seats....
Algerian People's Movement
Social Movement for Authenticity
Algerian Party for Justice and Progress
Social Justice Party
Liberal Just Party
Socialist National Democratic Party
National Solidarity and Development Party
Republican Party
Social Democratic Party
Workers' Socialist Party
People's Unity Party
Algerian National Rally
Independents	459,233	4.4	11
Invalid/blank votes	502,787
Total	10,999,139	100	231
Source: Nohlen et al