Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika speaks with Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani (not pictured) during their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Algiers September 11, 2012. REUTERS/Louafi Larbi
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algerians voted on Thursday in an election President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is expected to win after 15 years in power, despite speaking only rarely in public since suffering a stroke in 2013.
With the dominant National Liberation Front (FLN) party, allied movements and unions behind him, many Algerians believe Bouteflika, 77, is almost assured of victory and another five years governing the North African OPEC state.
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