The party that has ruled Algeria for 50 years emerged as the top vote-getter in preliminary election results.
Algerians Vote in Parliamentary Elections
![An election worker empties a ballot box to count votes after parliamentary elections at a polling station in Algiers, Algeria, May 10, 2012.](https://gdb.voanews.com/C5F242BA-7452-438D-9D7E-13678146B565_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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An election worker empties a ballot box to count votes after parliamentary elections at a polling station in Algiers, Algeria, May 10, 2012.
![A man picks up ballots before voting in the parliamentary elections near Algiers.](https://gdb.voanews.com/49F15984-D314-4C48-BC77-8097530EF7B2_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man picks up ballots before voting in the parliamentary elections near Algiers.
![Boys wait outside a voting booth for their father during parliamentary elections at a polling station in Boumerdes, east of Algiers.](https://gdb.voanews.com/A1A1B28A-81E1-4C04-8922-7650724F5A96_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Boys wait outside a voting booth for their father during parliamentary elections at a polling station in Boumerdes, east of Algiers.
![Algeria National Liberation Front leader Abdelaziz Belkhadem registers his thumbprint as he prepares to cast his ballot in Algiers.](https://gdb.voanews.com/8A6FC6D5-3CEC-457B-AF8E-A37190877BCB_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Algeria National Liberation Front leader Abdelaziz Belkhadem registers his thumbprint as he prepares to cast his ballot in Algiers.