The election authority set the legislative campaign for 9 to 28 June. It said 70 per cent of candidacies had been accepted after the first review.
The acting head of the National Independent Election Authority, Karim Khelfane, gave the dates on national radio on Tuesday 2 June. A draw for free airtime on public radio and television took place on Saturday 6 June, and local radio stations covered the campaign for the first time.
According to La Voie d'Algérie, 6,994 candidacies were accepted and 3,174 rejected, with 680 lists waiting for court appeals.
The filing period had closed at midnight on Monday 18 May, and the authority said it could not grant the extension some parties had asked for.
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