1993 Yemeni parliamentary election

Parliamentary elections were held in Yemen on 27 April 1993,^[1] the first after Yemeni unification. The General People's Congress emerged as the largest party, winning 123 of the 301 seats.^[2] Voter turnout was 85%.

1993 Yemeni parliamentary election

← 1988 (North) ← 1986 (South) 27 April 1993 1997 →
All 301 seats in the House of Representatives 151 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	84.82%
Party Leader Vote % Seats GPC Ali Abdullah Saleh 28.69 123 YSP Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas 18.54 56 Al-Islah Abdullah ibn Husayn al-Ahmar 17.14 62 Ba'ath Party 3.60 7 NUPO Abdul Ghani Thabet 2.34 1 Party of Truth Ahmad al-Shami 0.84 2 NRO 0.28 1 DNP 0.20 1 Independents – 27.15 47 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Seats won by governorate Most voted-for party by governorate GPC:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50% YSP:      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70% Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas YSP Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas YSP

Electoral system

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]

Results

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 [ar]	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

Performance of each Party

• 
  General People's Congress
       1–10%      10–20%      20–30%      30–40%      40–50% 
• 
  Yemeni Socialist Party
       1–10%      10–20%      20–30%      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
• 
  Yemeni Congregation for Reform
       <1%      1-10%      10-20%      20-30%
• 
  Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party - Yemen Region
       <1%      1–5%      5–10%
• 
  Nasserist Unionist People's Organisation
       <1%      1–5%      5-10%
• 
  Party of Truth
       <1%      1–5%      5–10%      20-25%