Parliamentary elections were held in Algeria on June 5, 1997. They were dominated by the National Democratic Rally (RND), a new party created in early 1997 for Zeroual's supporters, which received some 32% of the vote and got 156 out of 380 seats. They were followed by the MSP (as Hamas had been required to rename itself) with 69 seats, the FLN (62), and the Islamist Ennahda (34). The two Berberist parties, FFS and RCD, got 20 and 19 seats respectively. Views on this election were mixed; most major opposition parties filed complaints, and the success of the extremely new RND raised eyebrows. The RND, FLN, and MSP formed a coalition government, with the RND's Ahmed Ouyahia as prime minister. June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The National Democratic Rally (Rassemblement national démocratique, RND) is a socialist political party in Senegal. ... MSP is a three-letter acronym (or abbreviation) with several meanings: In computing, MSP is a mainframe operating system from Fujitsu The IATA airport code for Minneapolis-St. ... The Hamas emblem shows two crossed swords, the Dome of the Rock, and a map of the land they claim as Palestine (roughly, present-day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip). ... The Islamic Renaissance Movement (French: Mouvement de la Renaissance Islamique; Arabic: Harakat al-Nahda al-Islamiyya) is a moderate Islamist political party of Algeria. ... Ahmed Ouyahia (born July 2, 1952) is the prime minister of Algeria. ...