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Algeria
Legislative: National People's Assembly
Algeria's first national legislature was formed in September
1962 under the constitution drafted by the Ben Bella regime but
was suspended in 1965. For the next ten years, the Council of
the Revolution ruled Algeria; there was no independent parliament.
By 1976, with power consolidated in his hands, Boumediene commenced
a series of reforms to establish formal political institutions.
One of the first measures was the recreation of a national parliament.
The 1976 constitution described the APN as a unicameral, elected,
representative legislative body. Under the 1989 law, deputies
are elected for five-year terms, and all Algerians "enjoying full
civil and political rights" and over the age of twenty-five are
eligible. Elections occur by secret, direct, and universal ballot.
Until the country's first multiparty elections in December 1991,
all candidates were drawn from a single party list, approved by
the FLN, although multiple candidates could compete for a single
constituency.
Data as of December 1993
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