Elections in Yemen

1993 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2006 | 2009

Parliament elections2009

(Postponed)

Report on 2008 voter registration
National Democratic Institute, 1 March 2009

Presidential election2006

Result, with voting figures

The presidential election of 2006
From The Birth of Modern Yemen, by Brian Whitaker

Report on the 2006 presidential and local council elections
National Democratic Institute, 24 April 2007

Statement of the NDI Pre-Election Delegation
National Democratic Institute, 16 August 2006

Yemen 2006 voter registration update
National Democratic Institute, 27 July 2006

Parliament elections2003

(Postponed from 2001)

Results and other statistics

Saleh wins again
Middle East International, 2 May, 2003

The parliamentary elections of 2003
From The Birth of Modern Yemen, by Brian Whitaker

Preliminary statement of the NDI International Election Observer Delegation
National Democratic Institute, 29 April 2003

Press Release: Yemen's April 27 Elections
National Democratic Institute, 27 April 2003

The April 27, 2003, parliamentary elections in the Republic of Yemen
National Democratic Institute, 27 April 2003

Local elections2001

The local elections of 2001
From The Birth of Modern Yemen, by Brian Whitaker

Contested elections
Middle East International, 12 January, 2001

Opposition united
Middle East International, 26 January, 2001

Elections marred
Middle East International, 9 March, 2001

Parliament elections2001

(Postponed to 2003)

Avoiding elections
Middle East International, 1 September, 2000

Statement of the NDI Pre-Election Delegation to Yemen's April 2001 parliamentary elections
National Democratic Institute, 6 August 2000

The postponed parliamentary elections of 2001
From The Birth of Modern Yemen, by Brian Whitaker

Presidential election1999

The 1999 presidential election
From The Birth of Modern Yemen, by Brian Whitaker

Competition suits Salih
Middle East International, 16 July 1999

Salih and his shadow
Middle East International, 30 July 1999

Salih's hollow poll win
Middle East International, 1 October 1999

Democratisation derailed
Middle East International, 26 November 1999

Parliament elections1997

Results and other statistics

Voter registration, 1993-97

Preparations:

Doves and eagles fight for votes
The Guardian, 24 April 1997

Statement of the NDI Pre-Election Assessment Delegation
National Democratic Institute, 23 March 1997

Hobson's choice of democracy
The Guardian, 26 April 1997

Polling day:

Sporadic unrest mars poll
The Guardian, 28 April 1997

Election day in Aden
Report by Mark Katz

Assessment:

The 1997 elections
From The Birth of Modern Yemen, by Brian Whitaker

Peek behind screen of Yemen's paranoid poll
The Guardian, 3 May 1997

Salih's election knockout
Middle East International, 16 May 1997

Report by the Elections Monitoring Committee

Statement by British medium-term observers

Report by the Joint International Observer Group in Yemen

US State Department statement on elections

The April 27, 1997 parliamentary elections in Yemen
National Democratic Institute, 1 January 1998

Preliminary statement of the NDI Observer Delegation to the April 27, 1997 parliamentary elections
National Democratic Institute, 30 April 1997