Parliamentary elections were held in Yemen on 27 April 1993,[1] Yemeni unification . The General People's Congress emerged as the largest party, winning 123 of the 301 seats.[2]
1993 Yemeni parliamentary election
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Electoral system
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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]
Party Votes % Seats General People's Congress 640,523 28.69 123 Yemeni Socialist Party 413,984 18.54 56 Al-Islah 382,545 17.14 62 Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party 80,362 3.60 7 Nasserist Unionist People's Organisation 52,303 2.34 1 Party of Truth 18,659 0.84 2 League of Sons of Yemen 16,155 0.72 0 Nasserist Reform Organisation 6,191 0.28 1 Democratic Nasserist Party 4,576 0.20 1 National Democratic Front 3,793 0.17 0 Union of Popular Forces 2,662 0.12 0 Unionist Assembly 1,855 0.08 0 Liberation Front 1,706 0.08 0 September Democrats 532 0.02 0 National Front Popular Organisation 148 0.01 0 Social Nationalist Party – Yemen 124 0.01 0 Revolutionary Democrats 78 0.00 0 Democratic Movement 71 0.00 0 The (Legal) Union 30 0.00 0 National Cohesion Conference 16 0.00 0 Democratic Front 15 0.00 0 Independents 606,201 27.15 47 Vacant 1 Total 2,232,529 100.00 301 Valid votes 2,232,529 97.91 Invalid/blank votes 47,712 2.09 Total votes 2,280,241 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 2,688,323 84.82 Source: Al-Bab
References
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^ Dieter Nohlen , Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I , p301 ISBN 0-19-924958-X ^ Nohlen et al., p309
^ Nohlen et al., p298
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