1997 Yemeni parliamentary election

none Yemen 27 April 1997 1993 2003 All 301 seats in the House of Representatives 151 60.96% ( 23.96pp) General People's Congress (Yemen) Ali Abdullah Saleh 187 123 43.10 Al-Islah (Yemen) Abdullah ibn Husayn al-Ahmar 62 53 23.39 Nasserist Unionist People's Organisation Abdulmalik Al-Mekhlafi 1 3 2.03 Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Yemen Region 7 2 0.75 Independents – 47 54 29.54 Prime Minister Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani General People's Congress (Yemen) Faraj Said Bin Ghanem Independent politician Parliamentary elections were held in Yemen on 27 April 1997 to elect all 301 members of the House of Representatives for a six-year term. The governing General People's Congress of President Ali Abdullah Saleh won a landslide victory, taking 187 of the 301 seats, although several opposition parties including the Yemeni Socialist Party boycotted the election alleging that the government had harassed and arrested their party workers. The main opposition party, al-Islah, attacked the government for not carrying out economic reforms and for corruption. Voter turnout was 61.0%.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p304 0-19-924958-X Campaign Of the 16 million people in Yemen about 4.6 million were registered to vote with about a quarter of them being women. However, only about 2.6 million people received their voting cards. http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19970502/12250253.html Yemen's ruling party proclaims victory amid claims of fraud 2008-01-10 1997-05-02 The Indian Express Over 2,300 candidates, from 12 parties, competed for the 301 seats in the House of Representatives. Most candidates were independents, however many of these were backed by either the General People's Congress or al-Islah parties. There were 19 female candidates. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F03EED71431F93BA15757C0A961958260 Yemen Holds Vote; First Since '94 Strife 2008-01-10 1997-04-28 The New York Times Each party or independent candidate had their own logo such as an owl or horse for the ballot paper to help illiterate voters. http://www.al-bab.com/yemen/artic/gdn24.htm Doves and eagles fight for votes: Yemen prepares for elections 2008-01-10 1997-04-24 The Guardian https://web.archive.org/web/20071015143427/http://www.al-bab.com/yemen/artic/gdn24.htm 2007-10-15 dead There were few disagreements over policy between the parties. Results File:1997 Yemen House of Representatives.svg General People's Congress 1175343 187 +64 Al-Islah 637728 53 –9 Nasserist Unionist People's Organisation 55438 3 +2 Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party 20409 2 –5 National Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party 10134 0 New Democratic Nasserist Party 9601 0 –1 Party of Truth 5587 0 –2 Nasserist Reform Organisation 2755 0 0 League of Sons of Yemen 930 0 0 Other parties 3400 0 0 Independents 805636 54 +7 Vacant 2 – 100408 0 4637700 Nohlen et al. Aftermath In two districts, Hajjah and Dhamar the results were cancelled due to irregularities. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C03E5DB1639F93BA35756C0A961958260&n=Top/News/World/Countries%20and%20Territories/Yemen Yemen Leader's Party Dominates Elections 2008-01-10 1997-05-08 The New York Times International monitors described the elections as being 'reasonably free and fair' and 'a positive step in the democratic development of Yemen'. http://www.al-bab.com/yemen/artic/gdn27.htm Peek behind screen of Yemen's paranoid poll 2008-01-10 1997-05-03 The Guardian https://web.archive.org/web/20071015143447/http://www.al-bab.com/yemen/artic/gdn27.htm 2007-10-15 dead After the elections, 39 MPs elected as independents joined the GPC, 10 joined Al-Islah and two joined the Yemeni Socialist Party. http://www.al-bab.com/yemen/pol/tab7.htm State of the parties, 1997 election 2008-01-10 Yemen gateway https://web.archive.org/web/20070616073841/http://www.al-bab.com/yemen/pol/tab7.htm 2007-06-16 dead References External links Complete list of parties who contested the election Al-Bab Election report Inter-Parliamentary Union Category:Elections in Yemen Parliamemtary Yemen Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results