1991 Algerian legislative election

Parliamentary elections were held in Algeria on 26 December 1991. They were the first multi-party elections since independence, but were cancelled by a military coup after the first round when the military expressed concerns that the Islamic Salvation Front, which was almost certain to win more than the two-thirds majority of seats required to change the constitution, would form an Islamic state. The annulling of the elections led to the outbreak of the Algerian Civil War.

1991 Algerian legislative election

26 December 1991
Only elections for 232 of the 430 seats to the People's National Assembly were completed 216 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Abdelkader Hachani Chadli Bendjedid Hocine Aït Ahmed Party FIS FLN FFS Seats won 188 16 25 Popular vote 3,260,222 1,612,947 510,661 Percentage 47.3% 23.4% 7.4%
Prime Minister before election Sid Ahmed Ghozali FLN Elected Prime Minister Election results annulled Sid Ahmed Ghozali remains Prime Minister

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Of 430 seats contested, 232 were won outright with 50% or more of the first-round vote; the remaining 199 would have proceeded to a second round contested only by the two candidates with the highest number of votes. Voter turnout in the first-round was 59.0%.[1]