2006 Yemeni presidential election

none Yemen presidential 1999 Yemeni presidential election 1999 2012 Yemeni presidential election 2012 9,247,390 65.16% ( 2.32pp) 20 September 2006 Ali Abdullah Saleh and Hans-Gert Pöttering, 2008 (1) (cropped).jpg Ali Abdullah Saleh General People's Congress (Yemen) 4,149,673 77.17% 3x4.svg 28c0a6 Faisal Bin Shamlan Independent JMP 1,173,075 21.82% President Ali Abdullah Saleh General People's Congress (Yemen) Ali Abdullah Saleh General People's Congress (Yemen) File:2006 Yemen presidential election by governorate.svg Presidential elections were held in Yemen on 20 September 2006, alongside local elections. Incumbent president Ali Abdullah Saleh of the General People's Congress was re-elected to a seven-year term with 77% of the vote, defeating opposition coalition candidate Faisal Bin Shamlan. Campaign Saleh had been president of modern Yemen since its reunification in 1990, and had previously been president of the Yemen Arab Republic from 1978 to 1990. He became Yemen's first directly elected president in 1999, winning more than 96% of the vote. On 17 July 2005, Saleh announced that he would not run for presidency in the 2006,Bowing out? Al-Ahram Weekly 21–27 July 2006 http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/752/re2.htm 5 September 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20060903165952/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2005/752/re2.htm 3 September 2006 dead dmy-all later reconfirming his decision on 21 June 2006 when addressing fellow party members."It's not a political ploy," says President Saleh Yemen Times 21 June 2006 http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=957&p=front&a=1 5 September 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20070927022518/http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=957&p=front&a=1 27 September 2007 dead dmy-all His announcement sparked demonstrations urging Saleh to reverse his decision, as well as demonstrations urging Saleh to follow through with his decision. However, while addressing tens of thousands of supporters in Sana'a on 24 June 2006, Saleh rescinded his earlier decisionYemeni president to stand again BBC News 24 June 2006 https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5112540.stm stating "I comply with the people's pressure and upon the people's desire; I will run in the coming polls." This was not the first time Saleh has reversed the decision to not run, as he had previously done so prior to the 1999 elections.Yemen president seeks another run Al Jazeera 24 June 2006 http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/B069CD50-9689-4F00-BF03-E909A237D329.htm 5 September 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20060830183023/http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/B069CD50-9689-4F00-BF03-E909A237D329.htm 30 August 2006 dead dmy-all The Joint Meeting Parties (JMP) opposition coalition was formed in 2002 by al-Islah, the Yemeni Socialist Party, the Party of Truth, the Unionist party, and the Popular Forces Union. On 2 July 2006 Faisal Bin Shamlan was named as the alliance's candidate. In addition to Saleh and Bin Shamlan, three other candidates contested the election: Fathi Mohammed al-Azab (independent), Yassin Abdo Saeed No'aman (National Opposition Council), and Ahmad al-Majeedi (independent).2026-07-06 Yassin Abdo Saeed No'aman National Opposition Council 21,642 0.40% 2006 Yemeni presidential election https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Yemeni_presidential_election ويكيبيديا الإنجليزية[Insert citation for election results]Prior to the reunification of South and North Yemen in 1990, Shamlan had been the Minister of Infrastructure and Oil in the socialist government of South Yemen. Ahmad al-Majeedi of the Yemeni Socialist Party also contested the elections. However, as he announced his candidacy before consulting with the party's leadership, his membership of the party was frozen and he was accused of working for the ruling GPC.Nephew of presidential candidate gunned down Yemen Times 30 August 2006 http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=977&p=local&a=2 5 September 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20070927022456/http://yementimes.com/article.shtml?i=977&p=local&a=2 27 September 2007 dead dmy-all Conduct On 29 August 2006, al-Majeedi's nephew Adel al-Majeedi was gunned down in his house by unidentified gunmen. Adel had been leading his uncle's election campaign in his home province of Lahj. On 12 September 2006, at least 51 people were killed and more than 230 injured when a stampede broke out in a stadium packed with thousands of supporters of Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh, with most of the dead being schoolchildren and teenagers who were transported by the government to the stadium by bus.Whitaker Brian September 12, 2006 Stampede at Yemen election rally kills 51 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/sep/13/brianwhitaker.mainsection 2026-08-08 The Guardian en-GB 0261-3077 Around 150,000 people were inside the staduim. The stadium exceeded its capacity of around 10,000 with a crowd that included government workers and students brought in on government buses. 51 killed in stampede at Yemeni rally Ahmed Al-Haj Associated Press 12 September 2006 http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/4181825.html Election day was marked by some violence; according to the opposition, eight people died in clashes."Yemen president leads vote count", BBC News, 21 September 2006. Khaled Hassan, an opposition Nasserist candidate running in the municipal elections, was killed in a clash with ruling party supporters in Taiz province."Yemeni municipal elections candidate killed south of capital", Associated Press, 20 September 2006. Results Election officials said that about five million people voted out of around 9.2 million eligible voters."Yemen president leads in election polls" https://web.archive.org/web/20200414065508/https://www.aljazeera.com/ 2020-04-14 , Al Jazeera, 21 September 2006. The opposition disputed early results showing Saleh with 82% of the vote, saying that the count gave Saleh 60% and Bin Shamlan 40%; it also claimed there had been electoral violations. The European Union Election Observation Mission called the election "an open and genuine contest", but with "important shortcomings". It said that at some polling stations there was intimidation, violation of voter secrecy, campaigning by the GPC, and underage voting.Donna Abu-Nasr, "Yemeni Opposition Alleges Violations"February 2026 medicmedic, Associated Press, 21 September 2006. Subsequent results, with most (17,000 out of 27,000) of the ballot boxes counted, continued to give Saleh an overwhelming majority, with 3.4 million votes against 880,000 for Bin Shamlan. The opposition, continuing to allege fraud, threatened a massive protest.Donna Abu-Nasr, "Yemeni Opposition Threatens Protest", Associated Press, 2 September 2006. Final results on 23 September showed Saleh with 77.2% of the vote and Bin Shamlan with 21.8%.https://archive.today/20070311003840/http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/C1D34DD6-1A72-4FA2-8A59-0428AA2AB14D.htm "Saleh re-elected president of Yemen", Al Jazeera, 23 September 2006. Bin Shamlan subsequently accepted the results as a "reality", although he said that they did not reflect the people's will. Saleh was sworn in for his new term on 27 September."Saleh sworn in for another term" https://web.archive.org/web/20070930210629/http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=110037&version=1&template_id=37&parent_id=17 2007-09-30 , Gulf Times (Qatar), 28 September 2006. Ali Abdullah Saleh General People's Congress 4149673 Faisal Bin Shamlan Joint Meeting Parties 1173075 #28c0a6 Fathi Mohammed al-Azab Independent 24524 Yassin Abdo Saeed No'aman National Opposition Council 21642 Ahmad al-Majeedi Independent 8324 648580 9247390 IFES References Further reading Al-Mayasi Yasser 2006-08-07 Saleh attacks opposition as campaigning reaches climax [Archives:2006/979/Front Page] https://yementimes.com/saleh-attacks-opposition-as-campaigning-reaches-climax-archives2006-979-front-page/ 2025-07-10 Yemen Times archives en-GB Category:Presidential elections in Yemen Yemen Presidential election