| 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
|
| LEGAL FRAMEWORK |
| Electoral Law |
6 March 1997
|
| Mode of designation |
indirectly elected 96
appointed 48 |
| Constituencies |
48 multi-member (2 seats) corresponding to country's wilayas (administrative districts). |
| Voting system |
Majority:
Indirect election by simple majority vote by electoral college composed of members of local councils: each wilaya's people's assembly and communal people's assemblies; these altogether number 15,003.
Vacancies arising between general elections are filled through by-elections.
Voting is compulsory. |
| Voter requirements |
- members of each wilaya's people's assembly and communal people's assemblies |
| CANDIDATES |
| Eligibility |
Qualified electors
- age: 40 years
- Algerian citizenship by birth or possessed for at least 5 years
- fulfilment of military service or excused therefrom |
| Incompatibilities |
- judges
- members of the armed forces
- officials of security forces
- accountants of wilaya public funds
- high-ranking wilaya officials
- membership of another people's assembly |
| Candidacy requirements |
- candidatures must be submitted at least 15 days before polling |
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