At stake in this election:

• 389 seats in the National People's Assembly (Al-Majlis Ech-Chaabi Al-Watani)

Description of government structure:

• Chief of State: President Abdelaziz BOUTEFLIKA
• Head of Government: Prime Minister Ali BENFLIS
• Assembly: Algeria has a bicameral Parliament consisting of the National People's Assembly (Al-Majlis Ech-Chaabi Al-Watani) with 389 seats and the Council of Nations (Majlis al-Oumma) with 144 seats.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by popular vote to serve a 4-year term.
• In the National People's Assembly (Al-Majlis Ech-Chaabi Al-Watani) 389 members are elected through a party-list proportional representation system to serve 5-year terms. In the Council of Nations (Majlis al-Oumma), 96 members are elected by indirect vote to serve 6-year terms and 48 members are appointed to serve 6-year terms.**

** In the Council of Nations (Senate), 96 members are elected by indirect vote and 48 members are appointed by the president. National Council members serve 6-year terms, and 50% of the seats are renewed every three years.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: National Liberation Front / Front de Libération National (FLN)
  • Leader: Boualem BENHAMOUDA
  • Seats won in this National People's Assembly election: 199
  • Seats won in last National People's Assembly election: 64
• Party: Democratic National Rally / Rassemblement National Démocratique (RND)
  • Leader: Ahmed OUYAHIA
  • Seats won in this National People's Assembly election: 47
  • Seats won in last National People's Assembly election: 155
• Party: Movement for National Reform / Mouvement du Rénouveau National (MRN)
  • Leader: Abdellah DJABALLAH
  • Seats won in this National People's Assembly election: 43
  • Seats won in last National People's Assembly election: N/A
• Party: Movement of a Peaceful Society / Mouvement de la Societé pour la Paix (MSP)
  • Leader: Mahfoud NAHNAH
  • Seats won in this National People's Assembly election: 38
  • Seats won in last National People's Assembly election: 69
• Party: Independents
  • Leader: N/A
  • Seats won in this National People's Assembly election: 30
  • Seats won in last National People's Assembly election: N/A
• Party: Workers Party / Parti des Travailleurs (PT)
  • Leader: Louisa HANOUN
  • Seats won in this National People's Assembly election: 21
  • Seats won in last National People's Assembly election: 4
• Party: Algerian National Front / Front National Algérien (FNA)
  • Leader: Moussa TOUATI
  • Seats won in this National People's Assembly election: 8
  • Seats won in last National People's Assembly election: N/A
• Party: Islamic Renaissance Movement / Mouvement de la Renaissance Islamique
  • Leader: N/A
  • Seats won in this National People's Assembly election: 1
  • Seats won in last National People's Assembly election: N/A
• Party: Party of Algerian Renewal / Parti du Rénouveau Algérien (PRA)
  • Leader: N/A
  • Seats won in this National People's Assembly election: 1
  • Seats won in last National People's Assembly election: N/A
• Party: Movement of National Understanding / Mouvement de l'Entente Nationale (MEN)
  • Leader: N/A
  • Seats won in this National People's Assembly election: 1
  • Seats won in last National People's Assembly election: N/A

Last Parliamentary election:

• Parliamentary elections were last held on June 5, 1997.

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 31,736,053 (July 2001 est.)
• Registered Voters: 17,951,127

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 15,578,810 (2002)

·         Is Algeria a signatory to CEDAW: No

·         Has Algeria ratified CEDAW: Yes, accession (22 May 1996)

·         Gender Quota: Yes

·         Female candidates in this election: Yes

·         Number of Female Parliamentarians: 26 (6.68%)

·         Human Development Index Position: 83 (2014)

·         Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: N/A

Disability Data:

·         Is Algeria a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)

·         Has Algeria ratified CRPD: Yes (4 December 2009)

·         Population with a disability: 4,760,409 (est.)