Algeria sets July 2 for parliamentary polls

ALGIERS, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Algeria's legislative elections will be held on July 2, the National Independent Election Authority announced Monday as it published the regulatory framework for candidate lists.

According to the election authority, at least one-third of candidates must be women, half must be under 40 years of age, and one-third must hold a university degree.

The authority also stipulated that the number of candidates on each list must exceed the number of seats to be filled in the constituency. It requires to be exceeded by seven when the seat count is odd, and by six when it is even.

Political parties that failed to secure more than 4 percent of votes in the last legislative elections, or lack at least 10 elected representatives in the constituency, must gather 150 voter signatures per seat, the authority said.

Independent candidates face the same requirement, while overseas party lists need 100 signatures per seat.