1979 Algerian presidential election

Presidential elections were held in Algeria on 7 February 1979,[1] following the death of incumbent Houari Boumediene in December 1978. His replacement as National Liberation Front leader, Chadli Bendjedid, was elected unopposed with 99.4% of the vote, based on a 99% turnout.[2]

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Results

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Chadli Bendjedid	National Liberation Front	7,736,697	99.4
Against		48,938	0.6
Invalid/blank votes		23,803	–
Total		7,809,438	100
Registered voters/turnout		7,888,875	99.0
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p47 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
Nohlen et al., p59

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