Algerian local elections, 1990

The Algerian local elections of 1990 were the first multiparty elections to take place in independent Algeria.

APC (Popular Communal Assembly) Results

Party	Votes	Share of Vote	Councils	Seats
FIS	4,331,472	54.3%	853	5,987
FLN	2,245,798	28.1%	487	4,799
RCD	166,104	2.1%	87	623
PNSD	131,100	1.6%	2	134
Other parties	179,036	2.2%	4	143
Independents	931,278	11.7%	106	1,189
Total	7,984,788	100%

Turnout: 8,366,760 (65.2%) Valid votes cast: 7,984,788 (62.2%)

APW (Popular Wilaya Assembly) Results

Full results are not available; only the following information is provided here:

Party	Votes	Share of Vote	Councils	Seats
FIS	4,520,668	57.4%	31*	1,031
FLN	2,166,887	27.5%	6	667
RCD			1	55
PNSD			0	8
Other parties			0	13
Independents			1	99
Total	7,877,000	100%

* 9 councils with no overall control

Turnout: 8,238,921 (64.2%) Valid votes cast: 7,877,000 (61.3%)

Bibliography

• Jacques Fontaine, 'Les elections locales Algériennes du 12 Juin 1990: approche statistique et géographique'. Maghreb-Machrek, no. 129 (Juillet-Septembre 1990)
• Keith Sutton, Ahmed Aghrout, & Salah Zaimche, 'Political changes in Algeria: an emerging electoral geography', Maghreb Review, vol. 17, nos. 1-2 (1992).