1993 Yemeni parliamentary election

1993 Yemeni parliamentary election

27 April 1993
All 301 seats in the House of Representatives 151 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	84.82%
Party 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 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

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	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% 
• 
  Yemen 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%

External links

• Election report Inter-Parliamentary Union