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Legislative elections were held May 17 in Algeria. A little fewer than 19 million of the country's nearly 33 million citizens are registered to vote at the nation's more than 42,000 polling stations for the 389-seat National People's Assembly, the lower house of parliament. Some 28 parties and 12,229 candidates competed in the election, which reportedly saw a low voter turnout of around 20 percent.
Increasing voter apathy, controversial electoral laws and legal prohibitions on the main opposition party mean the ruling coalition -- comprising the National Liberation Front, the National Rally for Democracy and the Movement for Society of Peace, which is allied with President Abdel Aziz Bouteflika -- will maintain its control of parliament. This bodes ill for the government's efforts to fight a jihadist insurgency, which is in the process of revitalizing itself. The government, which has been running an amnesty program for Islamist militants, cannot simultaneously contain Islamist militants and monopolize power.
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