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 Abdelaziz BELKHADEM
• 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 (Senate) with 144 seats.

* The presidential term is renewable once.

Description of electoral system:

• The President is elected by absolute majority vote to serve a 5-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 (Senate), 96 members are elected by indirect vote to serve 6-year terms and 48 members are appointed by the President to serve 6-year terms.**

** The Constitution requires half the Council of Nations to be renewed every three years.

Main parties in the electoral race:

• Party: National Liberation Front (FLN)
  • Leader: Abdelaziz BELKHADEM
  • Seats won in this National People's Assembly election: 136
  • Seats won in last National People's Assembly election: 199
• Party: National Democratic Rally (RND)
  • Leader: Ahmed OUYAHIA
  • Seats won in this National People's Assembly election: 61
  • Seats won in last National People's Assembly election: 47
• Party: Movement of a Peaceful Society (MSP)
  • Leader: Boudjerra SOLTANI
  • Seats won in this National People's Assembly election: 52
  • Seats won in last National People's Assembly election: 38
• Party: Workers' Party (PT)
  • Leader: Louisa HANOUNE
  • Seats won in this National People's Assembly election: 26
  • Seats won in last National People's Assembly election: 21
• Party: Rally for Culture and Democracy (RCD)
  • Leader: Said SADI
  • Seats won in this National People's Assembly election: 19
  • Seats won in last National People's Assembly election: 0
• Party: Algerian National Front (FNA)
  • Leader: Moussa TOUATI
  • Seats won in this National People's Assembly election: 13
  • Seats won in last National People's Assembly election: 8
• Party: National Movement for Nature and Development (MNND)
  • Leader: NA
  • Seats won in this National People's Assembly election: 7
  • Seats won in last National People's Assembly election: 0
• Party: Independent Candidates
  • Leader: N/A
  • Seats won in this National People's Assembly election: 33
  • Seats won in last National People's Assembly election: 30
• Party: Other Candidates
  • Leader: N/A
  • Seats won in this National People's Assembly election: 42
  • Seats won in last National People's Assembly election: N/A

Last Parliamentary election:

• Parliamentary elections were last held 30 May 2002.

Population and number of registered voters:

• Population: 33,333,216 (July 2007 est.)
• Registered Voters: 18,760,400 (May 2007)

Gender Data:

·         Female Population: 16,795,114 (2007)

·         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: 30 (7.71%) (2007)

·         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: 4,999,982 (est.)