The president of the MSP (Movement of the Society for Peace), the main Islamist party, was one of two candidates in the contest against Mr. Tebboune with Youcef Aouchiche, the leader of the Socialist Forces Front (FFS, the oldest party in the opposition).
“Fake numbers”
Mr Hassani on Saturday afternoon denounced a “fraud” with “false figures” on the turnout, calling for an end to the “charade”. For the turnout at 17:00 (16:00 GMT) on Saturday, Anie announced an “average rate” of around 26%, or seven points less than at the same time in 2019.
Shortly after, the authority extended the opening of the polls by one hour until 20:00 (19:00 GMT). Around midnight, Anie president Mohamed Charfi announced “an average turnout of 48.03%”, calculated by averaging the readings by prefecture, while turnout usually corresponds to the total number of voters divided by the number to enroll.
Mr Hassani also contested the percentage of votes he got: only 3.17%, with Mr Aouchiche winning 2.16% of the vote, according to Anie.
On Sunday, Anie announced a victory for incumbent President Abdelmadjid Tebboune with “94.65% of the vote” and “5.32 million votes” out of “5.63 million votes” for the three candidates, without releasing the ballots vote or zeros or new figures regarding participation.
“Irregularities and Contradictions”
Around midnight and in an unprecedented approach, the three candidates, including Mr. Tebboune, issued a joint press release to denounce the “irregularities and contradictions in the results announced by Anie”.
They said they wanted to “inform the public about the vagueness and contradictions of the turnout figures”, also noting “an error in announcing the percentages for each candidate” and “contradictory data with vote count reports” received from electoral commissions local. .