1993 Yemeni parliamentary election
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Parliamentary elections were held in Yemen on 27 April 1993,[1] the first after Yemeni unification. The General People's Congress emerged as the largest party, winning 123 of the 301 seats.[2] Voter turnout was 85%.
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All 301 seats in the House of Representatives 151 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 84.82% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Electoral system
editThe country continued to use the electoral system of North Yemen, with the 301 members of Parliament elected in single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting.[3]
Results
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
| General People's Congress | 640,523 | 28.69 | 123 | |
| Yemeni Socialist Party | 413,984 | 18.54 | 56 | |
| Al-Islah | 382,545 | 17.14 | 62 | |
| Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party | 80,362 | 3.60 | 7 | |
| Nasserist Unionist People's Organisation | 52,303 | 2.34 | 1 | |
| Party of Truth | 18,659 | 0.84 | 2 | |
| League of Sons of Yemen | 16,155 | 0.72 | 0 | |
| Nasserist Reform Organisation | 6,191 | 0.28 | 1 | |
| Democratic Nasserist Party | 4,576 | 0.20 | 1 | |
| National Democratic Front | 3,793 | 0.17 | 0 | |
| Union of Popular Forces | 2,662 | 0.12 | 0 | |
| Unionist Assembly | 1,855 | 0.08 | 0 | |
| Liberation Front | 1,706 | 0.08 | 0 | |
| September Democrats | 532 | 0.02 | 0 | |
| National Front Popular Organisation | 148 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Social Nationalist Party – Yemen | 124 | 0.01 | 0 | |
| Revolutionary Democrats | 78 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Democratic Movement | 71 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| The (Legal) Union | 30 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| National Cohesion Conference | 16 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Democratic Front | 15 | 0.00 | 0 | |
| Independents | 606,201 | 27.15 | 47 | |
| Vacant | 1 | |||
| Total | 2,232,529 | 100.00 | 301 | |
| Valid votes | 2,232,529 | 97.91 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 47,712 | 2.09 | ||
| Total votes | 2,280,241 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 2,688,323 | 84.82 | ||
| Source: Al-Bab | ||||
References
edit- ^ 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
- ^ Nohlen et al., p298