| Parliament name (generic / translated) |
Barlaman / Parliament |
| Structure of parliament |
Bicameral |
| Chamber name (generic / translated) |
Majlis al-Oumma / Council of the Nation |
| Related chamber (for bicameral parliaments) |
Al-Majlis Al-Chaabi Al-Watani / National People's Assembly
|
| BACKGROUND |
| Dates of election / renewal (from/to) |
29 December 2009 |
| Purpose of elections |
Elections were held for half of the 96 elected seats of the Council of the Nation on the normal expiry of the members' term of office. |
| (not applicable - indirect elections at local level) |
| STATISTICS |
| Voter turnout |
| Round no 1 | 29 December 2009 |
Number of registered electors
Voters
Blank or invalid ballot papers
Valid votes |
15'934
15'315 (96.12%)
1'049
14'266 |
|
Notes
|
|
| Distribution of seats |
|
Round no 1
|
| Political Group |
Total
|
Total seats |
|
|
|
| National Liberation Front (FLN) |
22
|
54 |
|
|
|
| National Democratic Rally (RND) |
20
|
32 |
|
|
|
| Appointed members |
16
|
40 |
|
|
|
| Movement for a Peaceful Society (MSP) |
2
|
5 |
|
|
|
| Algerian National Front (FNA) |
2
|
2 |
|
|
|
| Rally for Culture and Democracy (RCD) |
1
|
1 |
|
|
|
| Independents |
1
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
| Distribution of seats according to sex |
Men
Women
Percent of women |
129
7
5.15%
|
| Distribution of seats according to age |
41 to 50 years
51 to 60 years
61 to 70 years
Over 70 years
|
32
60
23
21
|
| Distribution of seats according to profession |
| Civil service and local authority administration |
35 |
| Education profession |
29 |
| Finance
management or business |
25 |
| Entrepreneur |
19 |
| Physician
dentist |
10 |
| Legal profession |
6 |
| Military/police officers |
3 |
| Research/sciences |
3 |
| Architect
surveyor
engineer |
2 |
| Journalism
broadcasting
media |
1 |
| Political party official |
1 |
| Agriculture/farming |
1 |
| Trade union official |
1 |
|
| Comments |
Source: Council of the Nation (21.01.2010
16.03.2011)
No women were elected in 2009. As at 21 January 2010
there were seven women
- who were all appointed
- out of the 136 members. |
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