Referendum in Algeria: 23.7% participation

The participation rate in the constitutional referendum in Algeria stood at 23.7%, announced Sunday evening November 1 Mohamed Charfi, president of the National Independent Election Authority (ANIE), a historic low for a major election. .

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This record abstention - the only real issue of the vote boycotted by the opposition - constitutes a stinging, if not humiliating, setback for its initiator, President Abdemadjid Tebboune, hospitalized abroad.