1993 Yemeni parliamentary election

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27 April 1993

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All 301 seats in the House of Representatives
151 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

84.82%

	Leader	Vote %	Seats
GPC	Ali Abdullah Saleh	28.69	123
YSP	Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas	18.54	56
Al-Islah	Abdullah ibn Husayn al-Ahmar	17.14	62
Ba'ath Party		3.60	7
NUPO	Abdul Ghani Thabet	2.34	1
Party of Truth	Ahmad al-Shami	0.84	2
NRO		0.28	1
DNP		0.20	1
Independents	–	27.15	47

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Results by single-member district

Pluralty of votes by governorateResults by governorate

GPC: 20–30% 30–40% 40–50%

YSP: 20–30% 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%

Prime Minister before	Prime Minister after
Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas YSP	Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas YSP

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Parliamentary elections were held in Yemen on 27 April 1993, the first after Yemeni unification. The General People's Congress emerged as the largest party, winning 123 of the 301 seats. Voter turnout was 85%.

Electoral system

The 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.

Results



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 [ar]	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

Performance of each Party

General People's Congress
1–10% 10–20% 20–30% 30–40% 40–50%
Yemeni Socialist Party
1–10% 10–20% 20–30% 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%
Yemeni Congregation for Reform
<1% 1-10% 10-20% 20-30%
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party - Yemen Region
<1% 1–5% 5–10%
Nasserist Unionist People's Organisation
<1% 1–5% 5-10%
Party of Truth
<1% 1–5% 5–10% 20-25%

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
Nohlen et al., p298

External links

Election report Inter-Parliamentary Union

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Pre-unification elections	Aden Colony: 1955 1959 State of Aden: 1964 North Yemen: 1971 1988 South Yemen: 1978 1986
Referendums	1991 2001

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