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Algerian Presidential Election, 2004Presidential elections were held in Algeria on April 8, 2004. The incumbent president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, was re-elected with 85.0 percent of the vote. Candidates Results Enrolled voters: 18,097,255
Votes cast: 10,508,777 (58.1%)
Invalid votes: 329,075 (3.1%)
Valid votes cast: 10,179,702 | Candidate | Votes | % | | Ali Benflis | 653,951 | 6.4 | | Abdelaziz Bouteflika | 8,651,723 | 85.0 | | Abdallah Djaballah | 511,526 | 5.0 | | Louiza Hanoune | 101,630 | 1.0 | | Fawzi Rebaine | 63,761 | 0.6 | | Said Sadi | 197,111 | 1.9 | | Total | 10,179,702 | - | Comments There were about 130 official foreign observers in Algeria for these elections, which followed more than a decade of civil conflict. Delegations of observers came from the Arab League, the African Union, the United Nations, the European Parliament and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). An OSCE spokesman said its small monitoring team observed no obvious fraud, and that the election, while not perfect, was excellent by regional standards and that it is "pretty clear" the results reflected the views of the Algerian people.
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