Yemeni parliamentary election, 1993
Yemeni parliamentary election, 1993
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All 301 seats to the House of Representatives 151 seats needed for a majority |
Turnout |
84.1% |
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First party |
Second party |
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Leader |
Ali Abdullah Saleh |
Sadiq al-Ahmar |
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Party |
GPC
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Al-Islah
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Last election |
contested as independents |
new party |
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Seats before |
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0 |
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Seats won |
122 |
63 |
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Seat change |
122 |
63 |
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Popular vote |
640,253 |
379,987 |
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Percentage |
28.7% |
17% |
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Swing |
28.7% |
17% |
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Parliamentary elections were held in Yemen on 27 April 1993,[1] the first after Yemeni unification. The result was a victory for the General People's Congress, which won 122 of the 301 seats.[2] Voter turnout was 84.1%.
Results
Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
General People's Congress | 640,253 | 28.7 | 122 |
Yemeni Socialist Party | 413,404 | 18.5 | 56 |
Al-Islah | 379,987 | 17.0 | 63 |
Ba'ath Party | 76,520 | 3.4 | 7 |
Nasserite Unionist People's Organisation | 52,303 | 2.3 | 1 |
Party of Truth | 18,454 | 0.8 | 2 |
League of Sons of Yemen | 16,155 | 0.7 | 0 |
Nasserist Reform Organisation | 6,170 | 0.3 | 1 |
Democratic Nasserist Party | 4,687 | 0.2 | 1 |
Other parties | 11,015 | 0.5 | 0 |
Independents | 613,023 | 27.4 | 48 |
Invalid/blank votes | 29,943 | - | - |
Total | 2,262,184 | 100 | 301 |
Source: Nohlen et al. |
References
- ↑ Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p301 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
- ↑ Nohlen, D, Grotz, F & Hartmann, C (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p309 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
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