Yemen Arab Republic parliamentary election, 1988

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Parliamentary elections were held in the Yemen Arab Republic on 5 July 1988.^[1] As political parties were banned, all 1,300 candidates for the 128 seats ran as independents. Around 40 seats were won by tribal candidates, whilst around 30 were won by candidates sympathetic to the Muslim Brotherhood.^[2] After the election, a further 31 members were appointed by the President.^[2] Voter turnout was 77.7%.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats
Independents		100	128
Appointed members	–	–	31
Invalid/blank votes		–	–
Total	857,976	100	159
Source: Nohlen et al., IPU

References

↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p301 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
1 2 Yemen Inter-Parliamentary Union

Elections and referendums in Yemen

Presidential elections	1999 2006 2012 next

Parliamentary elections	1993 1997 2003 next

Pre-unification elections	Colony of Aden: 1955 1959 1964 North Yemen: 1971 1988 South Yemen: 1978 1986

Referendums	1991 2001

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