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 |
| Party |
GPC
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Al-Islah
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| Last election |
contested as independents |
new party |
| Seats before |
|
0 |
| Seats won |
122 |
63 |
| Seat change |
 122 |
63 |
| Popular vote |
640,253 |
379,987 |
| Percentage |
28.7% |
17% |
| 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
- ↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p301 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
- ↑ Nohlen et al., p309
