2021 Algerian parliamentary election

Algeria has a bicameral parliament of which the People's National Assembly is the lower house. This is made up of 407 seats filled by proportional representation in 59 constituencies corresponding to the 58 Provinces (prefectures) of the country plus one constituency representing the diaspora.[6] Each constituency is allocated a number of seats according to its population: one seat per segment of 120,000 inhabitants, plus one seat for any remaining segment of 60,000 inhabitants, with a minimum of three seats per constituency.[6] The lists are open, with preferential voting, without mixing, and an electoral threshold of 5% of the votes cast,[7] after counting of the votes, the distribution of seats is done according to the method known as "the strongest remainder".[8][9]

These are the first elections since the modification of the electoral law a few months earlier, which introduced open lists and the electoral threshold. Exceptionally for this ballot, the new law lifts the conditions restricting the participation of parties to only those having obtained at least 4% of the votes cast in the previous elections, or gathered the sponsorship signatures of 250 citizens in each of the constituencies. in which one of their candidates presents himself.[7] The total number of seats is also reduced for this election, dropping from 462 to 407 seats following a presidential decree modifying the distribution key according to the population. The previous elections were in fact organized with one seat per 80,000 inhabitants, plus one seat for any remaining 40,000 inhabitants, for a minimum of four seats per constituency.[9]

A total of 24,490,180 voters are registered to vote, including 23,587,815 in Algeria and 902,365 abroad.[10] The total amount was later reduced to 24,453,992 voters after appeals to the Constitutional Court.[11]

The election saw the lowest turnout of those held for the legislature in Algerian history (only the 2020 Algerian constitutional referendum saw a lower turnout overall), with under 23% of the eligible population participating. The governing National Liberation Front won a plurality of seats, although both it and coalition partner Democratic National Rally saw heavy losses. The nationalist Future Front, the Islamist Movement of Society for Peace and new National Construction Movement, and independents all saw large gains at their expense, while other entities saw minor changes. A total of 136 seats were won by candidates under the age of 40, 35 were won by women, and 274 were won by those with a tertiary education.

Following the elections, a coalition was formed by the National Liberation Front, Democratic National Rally, Future Front, and National Construction Movement, as well as several members from independent lists.

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	National Liberation Front	287,828	6.24	98	–63
	Movement of Society for Peace	208,471	4.52	65	+31
	Democratic National Rally	198,758	4.31	58	–42
	Future Front	153,987	3.34	48	+34
	National Construction Movement	106,203	2.30	39	New
	Voice of the People	13,103	0.28	3	+2
	Freedom and Justice Party	10,618	0.23	2	0
	New Algeria Front	7,916	0.17	1	0
	Justice and Development Front	7,667	0.17	2	–
	New Dawn	7,433	0.16	2	New
	Dignity Party	5,942	0.13	1	–2
	Good Governance Front	3,724	0.08	2	New
	Jil Jadid	3,576	0.08	1	New
	Algerian National Front	1,207	0.03	1	+1
	Minor independent lists that won seats	256,732	5.57	84	+56
	Others	3,337,487	72.39	0	–
Total		4,610,652	100.00	407	–55
Valid votes		4,610,652	82.01
Invalid/blank votes		1,011,749	17.99
Total votes		5,622,401	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		24,453,992	22.99
Source: Official Algerian Journal[12]