1993 Yemeni parliamentary election
Yemen
27 April 1993
PartyLeader % 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
Independent 27.15 47
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

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 84.8%.

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.[3]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats
General People's Congress640,52328.69123
Yemeni Socialist Party413,98418.5456
Al-Islah382,54517.1462
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party80,3623.607
Nasserist Unionist People's Organisation52,3032.341
Party of Truth18,6590.842
League of Sons of Yemen16,1550.720
Nasserist Reform Organisation6,1910.281
Democratic Nasserist Party4,5760.201
National Democratic Front3,7930.170
Union of Popular Forces2,6620.120
Unionist Assembly1,8550.080
Liberation Front1,7060.080
September Democrats5320.020
National Front Popular Organisation1480.010
Social Nationalist Party – Yemen1240.010
Revolutionary Democrats780.000
Democratic Movement710.000
The (Legal) Union300.000
National Cohesion Conference160.000
Democratic Front150.000
Independents606,20127.1547
Vacant1
Total2,232,529100.00301
Valid votes2,232,52997.91
Invalid/blank votes47,7122.09
Total votes2,280,241100.00
Registered voters/turnout2,688,32384.82
Source: Al-Bab

References

  1. Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p301 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  2. Nohlen et al., p309
  3. Nohlen et al., p298
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