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Yemen: 1993 parliamentary
election
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elections page
Registration of voters (by
province)
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Eligible
to vote |
Registered
to vote |
Actually
voted |
Registered
and voted |
Eligible
and voted |
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Northern provinces |
Sana'a City
Ta'izz
Ibb
al-Baydah
al-Hudaydah
Dhamar
Sana'a
al-Mahwit
Hajjah
Sa'ada
al-Jawf
Marib
Total (north) |
387,314
894,258
803,724
200,918
703,371
435,818
745,312
168,953
472,929
183,106
46,195
63,828
5,105,726 |
205,626
421,973
314,482
70,986
311,326
162,355
288,928
60,396
168,742
66,121
14,797
32,062
2,117,794 |
165,534
371,632
278,684
63,731
261,156
137,405
237,426
51,852
144,611
54,250
11,533
25,803
1,803,617 |
81%
88%
89%
90%
84%
85%
82%
86%
86%
82%
78%
80%
85% |
43%
42%
35%
32%
37%
32%
32%
31%
31%
30%
25%
40%
35% |
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Southern provinces |
Aden
Lahj
Abyan
Shabwah
Hadramaut
al-Mahrah
Total (south) |
223,161
263,012
166,732
125,175
350,448
48,685
1,177,213 |
133,316
126,288
83,423
52,663
160,299
14,540
570,529 |
113,610
101,300
69,673
42,655
138,195
11,191
476,624 |
85%
80%
84%
81%
86%
77%
84% |
51%
39%
42%
34%
39%
23%
40% |
| Grand total |
6,282,939 |
2,688,323 |
2,280,241 |
85% |
36% |
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Source: SEC. Figures vary
slightly in different publications. Numbers of eligible voters
are an official estimate, typically 40% of population shown in
1994 census
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Registration of female voters (as % of total registered)
| Northern
provinces
Ta'izz
Sana'a city
Ma'rib
al-Hudaydah
al-Baydah
Ibb
Dhamar*
Hajja
Sana'a (province)
al-Mahweet
Sa'ada
al-Jawf |
% female
23
20
17
17
16
13
11
9
9
5
3
2 |
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Southern
provinces
Abyan
Lahj
Aden
al-Mahara
Hadramaut**
Shabwa
Average (north)
Average (south)
National average |
% female
37
36
35
32
27
27
15
33
19 |
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* Report from one voting station missing. ** Report from one constituency missing.
Source: SEC memo published by Yemen Times, 24.2.93-2.3.93
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Withdrawals of candidates, 1993
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Nominated |
Withdrawn |
Actual |
| Parties
| 850 |
96 |
754 |
| Independents |
3,001 |
1,444 |
1,557 |
| TOTAL |
3,851 |
1,539 |
2,311 |
Six out of 23 women withdrew from the
election
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Election results by province
(number of seats won)
| Northern
provinces |
GPC |
YSP |
Islah |
Other |
Indep. |
Total |
| Sana'a (city) |
11 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
18 |
| Ta'izz |
8 |
5 |
18 |
3 |
9 |
43 |
| Ibb |
17 |
2 |
13 |
0 |
6 |
38 |
| al-Bayda |
2 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
| Hudaydah |
20 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
5 |
32 |
| Dhamar |
12 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
3 |
21 |
| Sana'a (province) |
21 |
2 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
36 |
| al-Mahweet |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
8 |
| Hajjah |
14 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
23 |
| Sa'adah |
5 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
9 |
| al-Jawf |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Ma'rib |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| Sub-total |
117 |
15 |
62 |
12 |
37 |
243 |
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| Southern
provinces |
GPC |
YSP |
Islah |
Other |
Indep. |
Total |
| Aden |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
11 |
| Lahj |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
12 |
| Abyan |
1 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
| Shabwah |
1 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| Hadramawt |
1 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
17 |
| al-Maharah |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Sub-total |
3 |
41 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
56 |
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| All provinces |
GPC |
YSP |
Islah |
Other |
Indep. |
TOTAL |
| Total
(north and south) |
120 |
56 |
62 |
12 |
49 |
299 |
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Source: Al-Wahda al-Yamaniyya.
Note: total is two short; voting not completed in one seat in Hudaydah
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Election results by party
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Number of candidates |
Seats won |
Votes cast |
Share of vote (%) |
Av. votes per cand |
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General People's Congress |
275 |
123 |
640,523 |
29 |
2,329 |
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Yemeni Alliance for Reform (Islah) |
189 |
62 |
382,545 |
17 |
2,024 |
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Yemeni Socialist Party |
210 |
56 |
413,984 |
19 |
1,971 |
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Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party |
159 |
7 |
80,362 |
4 |
505 |
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Truth Party (al-Haqq) |
65 |
2 |
18,659 |
1 |
287 |
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Nasserist Popular Unionist Org |
89 |
1 |
52,303 |
2 |
588 |
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Democratic Nasserists |
17 |
1 |
4,576 |
0 |
269 |
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Nasserist Correction Org |
27 |
1 |
6,191 |
0 |
229 |
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League of the Sons of Yemen |
87 |
0 |
16,155 |
1 |
186 |
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Unionist Assembly |
10 |
0 |
1,855 |
0 |
186 |
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September Democrats |
8 |
0 |
532 |
0 |
67 |
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People's Forces Union |
25 |
0 |
2,662 |
0 |
106 |
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Liberation Front |
24 |
0 |
1,706 |
0 |
71 |
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National Democratic Front |
20 |
0 |
3,793 |
0 |
190 |
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National Front Popular Org |
6 |
0 |
148 |
0 |
25 |
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Social Nationalist Party |
6 |
0 |
124 |
0 |
21 |
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The (Legal) Union |
3 |
0 |
30 |
0 |
10 |
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Revolutionary Democrats |
2 |
0 |
78 |
0 |
39 |
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National Cohesion Conference |
1 |
0 |
16 |
0 |
16 |
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Democratic Movement |
1 |
0 |
71 |
0 |
71 |
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Democratic Front |
1 |
0 |
15 |
0 |
15 |
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Sub-total (parties) |
1,225 |
253 |
1,626,328 |
73 |
1,328 |
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Independents |
1,956 |
47 |
606,201 |
27 |
310 |
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GRAND TOTAL |
3,181 |
300 |
2,232,529 |
100 |
702 |
Source: Manea, Ilham M: Political Parties and Organisations in Yemen. Different sources give slightly different voting figures.
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| North |
GPC |
YSP |
Islah |
Ba'ath |
Nass |
Haqq |
Other |
Ind |
Sana'a City
Ta'izz
Ibb
al-Baydah
al-Hudaydah
Dhamar
Sana'a
al-Mahwit
Hajjah
Sa'ada
al-Jawf
Marib
Average |
37
22
32
23
41
31
35
42
37
33
23
36
32 |
15
19
13
26
5
11
5
2
6
5
17
12
11 |
22
20
21
17
17
22
19
15
20
8
23
6
19 |
1
4
2
6
2
3
7
6
9
9
2
6
4 |
2
10
1
2
2
1
3
0
0
0
1
1
3 |
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
23
7
0
1 |
1
0
1
2
0
4
2
0
3
0
1
4
1 |
20
25
30
23
32
28
29
35
24
22
26
35
27 |
| South |
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Aden
Lahj
Abyan
Shabwah
Hadramaut
al-Mahrah
Average |
6
4
19
20
15
20
12 |
42
54
54
43
33
61
44 |
6
0
5
5
17
0
7 |
0
0
0
1
0
0
0 |
1
1
2
0
0
0
1 |
0
0
0
0
0
0
0 |
3
1
1
7
2
0
2 |
42
39
20
24
33
18
33 |
| National average |
28 |
18 |
17 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
29 |
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Source: NEC. Figures vary slightly in different publications |
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State of the parties, 1993 |
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Seats |
| General People's Congress |
123 |
| Yemeni Alliance for Reform
(al-Islah) |
62 |
| Yemeni Socialist Party |
56 |
| Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party |
7 |
| Nasserist parties |
3 |
| Truth Party (al-Haqq) |
2 |
| Independents |
47 |
| (Election postponed) |
1 |
| TOTAL |
301 |
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