Local elections were held in

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on 12 June 1990,

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(1994) ''Political parties of the Middle East and North Africa'', Greenwood Press, p.23 the first multi-party elections since independence in 1962. The result was a victory for the

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, which won majorities on more than half of the Popular Communal Assemblies and Popular Wilaya Assemblies, receiving around 70% of the vote in

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and

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. The results were considered a decisive defeat for the FLN, which ruled Algeria since its independence in 1962.

Results

Popular Communal Assemblies

Popular Wilaya Assemblies

References

1990 in Algeria

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