Electoral Management Design Database

Algeria, Constitution 2020, accessed 18 June 2021

ART 209. A National Independent Election Authority shall be established.

The National Independent Election Authority shall enjoy legal personhood and administrative and financial independence.

ART 210. The National Independent Election Authority shall have the task of preparing, organizing, conducting, and monitoring presidential, legislative, and local elections and referenda.

The National Independent Election Authority shall exercise its duties over the electoral registration list operations and their review, [illegible] preparation of the electoral process, voting processes, counting and settling electoral disputes according to the law in force.

The National Independent Election Authority shall exercise its duties from the date the electorate is convened until the provisional poll results are declared.

The National Independent Election Authority shall exercise its duties with transparency, neutrality, and impartiality.

ANIE, ORDINANCE NO. 21-01 OF RAJAB 26, 1442 CORRESPONDING TO MARCH 10, 2021, CONTAINING THE ORGANIC LAW RELATING TO THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM [in French], accessed 18 June 2021

Art. 7. — Conformément aux dispositions de la Constitution, l’Autorité nationale indépendante des élections assure la préparation, l’organisation, la gestion et la supervision de l’ensemble des opérations électorales et référendaires.

Art. 8. — L’Autorité nationale indépendante des élections est dotée de la personnalité morale et de l’autonomie administrative et financière. Elle est désignée ci-après « l’Autorité indépendante ».

ALGERIA PRESS SERVICE, Organization of elections: ANIE has replaced public administration [23 May 2021], accessed 18 June 2021

“ With these early legislative elections of June 12th, the National Independent Authority for Elections (ANIE) will assume for the third time the organization of an electoral process from its beginning to the end, taking over all the prerogatives of public administration.”