Former Prime Minister Abdelmadjid Tebboune received just over 58 percent of the vote, according to preliminary results to which the country's electoral authority refers.

"I extend my hand to Hirak for a dialogue on the construction of a new Algeria," Tebboune said, referring to the protest movement at its first press conference after the election.

Many Algerians boycotted Thursday's election. Only 40 percent of registered voters went according to the electoral authority and voted. The election is also rejected by the protest movement, which for nine months has demonstrated against Algeria's ruling elite. The first major discontent led Bouteflika to resign in April, but the demonstrations have continued.

"Rigged choice"

On Friday, the protests targeted the incoming president instead. Thousands of people gathered in central Algiers despite a large police raid.

-The choice is rigged. Your elections mean nothing to us and your president will not rule us, scanned crowds in the capital.

-He is known as one of the thieves. We did not vote and we will not back down, says the demonstrator Meriem about the Tebboune and the election.

The authorities hoped that the unrest would cease after the election, while activists, in turn, promised that they would not stop protesting.

"We have dropped Bouteflika and we will trap all the men of the system," says one of the protesters.

Bouteflika supporters

The five approved candidates in the election have either been pronounced Bouteflika supporters or previously served in a Bouteflika government. 74-year-old Tebboune's rivals in the election have been a former prime minister, two former ministers and a former member of the ruling party's central committee.

On Thursday, people protested in several cities in the country. In some places, it led to clashes with police who tried to disperse protests with batons.