"We expect the people to give us 75 percent of the vote," said the leader of the Islamic Salvation Front, Ali Madani, a philosophy teacher.

Members of the team were not allowed to talk with leaders of the outlawed Islamic Salvation Front or persons considered to be security risks.

The group's relationship with the outlawed Islamic Salvation Front is unclear.

Islamic Salvation Front / Front Islamique du Salut (FIS)

September 21 - The Islamic Salvation Army, the Islamic Salvation Fronts' armed wing, declares a unilateral ceasefire in Algeria.

But state television, which almost always ignores statements by the banned Islamic Salvation Front or its allies, broadcast the statement and summarized its contents.

The other candidates included Ahmed Taleb Ibrahimi, a former education and foreign minister, who received backing from the outlawed Islamic Salvation Front (FIS).

Many followers of the outlawed Islamic Salvation Front, whose victory in the 1991 parliamentary elections was blocked by the military, refused to vote.

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He is reported not to have consulted the leaders of the Front for Islamic Salvation yet and it is not known if he will.