Around 48% of eligible voters cast their ballots in Algeria’s presidential election, which incumbent President Abdelmadjid Tebboune is widely expected to easily win, preliminary figures showed on Sunday. Tebboune, who took office in late 2019, sought a second five-year term in Saturday’s poll. Turnout was seen as a main challenge in Saturday’s election that pitted Tebboune against Islamist Hassani Sharif Abdel Aali and Youssef Aouchiche from the Socialist Forces Front. In the 2019 election that Tebboune won, nearly 40% of the eligible voters cast their ballots. Voter participation in Saturday’…