Party		Symbol	Candidates	Women
1.	General People's Congress	Horse	257	2
2.	Islah	Sun	241	0
3.	Nasserite Unionist Party	Star & Crescent	88	0
4.	Arab Baath Socialist Party	Palm Tree	34	2
5.	Nasserite Democratic Party	Scales	33	0
6.	Nasserite Reformist Party	Camel	16	1
7.	Yemeni League Party	Jambia	16	0
8.	National Democratic Front	Pigeon	57	0
9.	Al-Haqq Party	Book	26	1
10.	Arab Baath Socialist Party	Eagle	57	1
11.	Liberation Front Party	Hands Shaking	11	0
12.	Social National Party	Hoepoe	14	1
TOTAL (party candidates)			850	8
PLUS: Independent candidates			3,001	15
GRAND TOTAL NOMINATED			3,851	23

Parties boycotting the 1997 election:

1. Yemen Socialist Party
2. Yemeni Unionist Congregation Party
3. Federation of Popular Forces
4. League of the Sons of Yemen

How well did they win?

Seats won with more than 50% of the vote:
GPC: 145 out of 187
Islah: 24 out of 53
Independents: 23 out of 54

Highest winning vote: 97.87%

Lowest winning vote: 22.55%

Uncontested seats, 1997 election

63 seats not contested by GPC: Islah won 24 of them
120 seats not contested by Islah: GPC won 98 of them
7 seats not contested by GPC or Islah: Independents won 5, Nasserists 1, Ba'athists 1.
Independents won 4 seats, Nasserists 1, Ba'athists 1 in face of competition from both GPC and Islah

Party	1993	1997	Change
General People's Congress	123	187	+64
Yemeni Alliance for Reform (al-Islah)	62	53	-9
Yemeni Socialist Party	56	0	-56
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party	7	2	-5
Nasserist parties	3	3	0
Truth Party (al-Haqq)	2	0	-2
Independents	47	54	+7
(Election postponed)	1	2
TOTAL	301	301

Source: EMC

Adjusted state of the parties

Party	Official	Plus	Total
General People's Congress	187	39	226
Yemeni Alliance for Reform (al-Islah)	53	10	63
Yemeni Socialist Party	0	2	2
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party	2	0	2
Nasserist parties	3	0	3
Independents	54	-51	3

(After re-distribution of "independent" MPs with party allegiances)

The geographical divide, 1997

Sub-total	160	0	39	4	40	243
Northern provinces	GPC	YSP	Islah	Other	Indep.	TOTAL
Sana'a (city)	15	0	1	0	2	18
Ta'izz	19	0	16	3	5	43
Ibb	28	0	2	0	8	38
al-Bayda	4	0	3	0	3	10
Hudaydah	25	0	2	0	7	32
Dhamar	14	0	1	0	5	21
Sana'a (province)	23	0	5	1	7	36
al-Mahweet	8	0	0	0	0	8
Hajjah	17	0	5	2	0	23
Sa'adah	6	0	0	2	3	9
al-Jawf	0	0	2	0	0	2
Ma'rib	1	0	2	0	0	3

Southern provinces	GPC	YSP	Islah	Other	Indep.	TOTAL
Aden	6	0	2	0	3	11
Lahj	6	0	2	0	4	12
Abyan	6	0	1	1	0	8
Shabwah	2	0	1	0	3	6
Hadramawt	6	0	8	0	3	17
al-Maharah	1	0	0	0	1	2
Sub-total	27	0	14	1	14	56

All provinces	GPC	YSP	Islah	Other	Indep.	TOTAL
TOTAL (north and south)	187	0	53	5	54	299

Share of seats – north and south

Share of the votes – Hadramawt

Party	Seats	Votes	Votes %
GPC	6	28,243	29
Islah	8	27,983	29
Other parties	0	929	1
Independent	3	40,228	41
TOTAL	17	97,383	100

Note: This illustrates the weakness of the GPC's position and the strength of Islah in Hadramaut.

(Elections Monitoring Committee)

TOTAL	173	6,043	4,771	1,272
Province	Constits	Total	Male	Female
Sana'a City	18	750	470	280
Taiz	42	1,447	1,192	285
Sana'a Prov	12	395	354	41
Mahweet	5	142	134	8
Baidha	6	299	254	45
Hadhramaut	13	270	196	74
Hodeida	18	523	403	120
Marib	3	191	185	6
Sa'ada	4	160	160	-
Aden	11	235	164	71
Abyan	8	209	182	27
Lahaj	9	197	150	47
Ibb	16	820	609	11
Dhamar	8	375	318	57

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Last revised on 06 August, 2015