1978 South Yemeni parliamentary election

Parliamentary election in South Yemen Parliamentary elections were held in South Yemen between 16 and 18 December 1978. The first elections since independence in 1967, they saw 175 candidates (all affiliated with the Yemeni Socialist Party, the sole legal party) contest the 111 seats of the Supreme People's Council.Democratic Yemen Inter-Parliamentary Union Voter turnout was reported to be 91.27%. Electoral system The 111 Members of Parliament were elected by plurality in eighty constituencies, with voters having the same number of votes as the number of seats available in their constituency.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p297 0-19-924958-X Results File:South Yemen Supreme People's Council 1978.svg Yemeni Socialist Party 596787 111 763 654685 Nohlen et al., IPU References Category:1978 in South Yemen South Yemen Category:Elections in Yemen Category:One-party elections Category:December 1978 in Asia