Algerian voters head to polls to elect new parliament

Algerian voters began casting their ballots on Thursday to elect the country's eighth multiparty parliament since 1989 and the second under President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. More than 24.7 million registered voters are eligible to take part in the one-day election, conducted under an open-list proportional representation system.

A total of 793 electoral lists, comprising 613 party lists from 32 political parties and 125 independent lists, are competing for the 407 seats in the National People's Assembly, the lower house of parliament.