Protestors who forced former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to resign last April have dismissed the poll as a sham.

Earlier today, it was announced that Abedlmajid Tebboune had won 38 percent of the vote, necessitating a run off.

The final result gives him 20 percent more of the poll which was the lowest in Algeria’s history.

This fuels the charges of a stitch up by protestors, calling themselves the Hirak, who  say the election is a pretext for the corrupt old establishment and military brass, who’ve held power since Algeria’s independence from France in 1962, to stay at the helm.

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