Algeria’s Independent National Electoral Authority has unveiled the full organizational framework for the national diaspora electoral constituency, detailing the number of parliamentary seats to be filled in the People’s National Assembly and the designated voting districts across the globe.
In an exclusive statement to dzwatch, the authority confirmed that Zone 1 is allocated two seats, covering diplomatic and consular districts including Paris, Nanterre, Bobigny, Créteil, and Pontoise, with candidacy files submitted at the authority’s coordination office at the General Consulate in Paris.
Zone 2 also holds two seats, encompassing Lille, Strasbourg, Metz, Nancy, Reims, Grenoble, and Brest, with submissions handled through the General Consulate in Lille.
Zone 3 covers two seats representing Lyon, Saint-Étienne, Marseille, Nice, Montpellier, Toulouse, and Bordeaux, with candidacies filed at the Marseille consulate.
Zone 4, covering the Arab Maghreb and remaining African nations, is allocated a single seat.
This announcement ends weeks of speculation among political parties regarding the diaspora seat distribution ahead of the upcoming legislative elections.
