1993 Yemeni parliamentary election

First parliamentary election after Yemeni unification 1993 Yemeni parliamentary election Yemen 27 April 1993 1988 (North)← 1986 (South) 1997 All 301 seats in the House of Representatives 151 84.82% yes General People's Congress (Yemen) Ali Abdullah Saleh 123 28.69 Yemeni Socialist Party Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas 56 18.54 Al-Islah (Yemen) Abdullah ibn Husayn al-Ahmar 62 17.14 Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Yemen Region 7 3.60 Nasserist Unionist People's Organisation Abdul Ghani Thabet 1 2.34 Party of Truth (Yemen) Ahmad al-Shami 2 0.84 NRO 1 0.28 green DNP 1 0.20 green Independents – 47 27.15 Prime Minister Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas Yemeni Socialist Party Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas Yemeni Socialist Party 350px Seats won by governorate caption=|350px Most voted-for party by governorate GPC: #fbeeb7 20–30% #f9e185 30–40% #ffdb4c 40–50% YSP: #f28c8c 20–30% #f76e6e 30–40% #ff4c4c 40–50% #ff0000 50–60% #e50000 60–70% Parliamentary elections were held in Yemen on 27 April 1993,Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p301 0-19-924958-X the first after Yemeni unification. The General People's Congress emerged as the largest party, winning 123 of the 301 seats.Nohlen et al., p309 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.Nohlen et al., p298 Results File:1993 Yemen House of Representatives.svg General People's Congress 640523 123 Yemeni Socialist Party 413984 56 Al-Islah 382545 62 Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party 80362 7 Nasserist Unionist People's Organisation 52303 1 Party of Truth 18659 2 League of Sons of Yemen ar حزب رابطة أبناء اليمن 16155 0 Nasserist Reform Organisation 6191 1 Democratic Nasserist Party 4576 1 National Democratic Front 3793 0 Union of Popular Forces 2662 0 Unionist Assembly 1855 0 Liberation Front 1706 0 September Democrats 532 0 National Front Popular Organisation 148 0 Social Nationalist Party – Yemen 124 0 Revolutionary Democrats 78 0 Democratic Movement 71 0 The (Legal) Union 30 0 National Cohesion Conference 16 0 Democratic Front 15 0 Independents 606201 47 Vacant 1 47712 0 2688323 Al-Bab Performance of each Party References External links Election report Inter-Parliamentary Union Category:Elections in Yemen Parliamentary Yemen