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Algeria declares former PM Tebboune winner of presidential election

Reuters | Posted: Dec. 13, 2019, 11:14 a.m. | Updated: Dec. 13, 2019, 9:11 a.m. | 1 Min Read

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ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algeria's electoral body said on Friday that former prime minister Abdelmadjid Tebboune had won Thursday's presidential election with 58% of the vote, according to preliminary results.

The final voter turnout was 40%, the electoral body's head said in a televised news conference in Algiers.

(Reporting By Hamid Ould Ahmed, writing by Angus McDowall; Editing by Catherine Evans)

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