1993 Yemeni parliamentary election
{{Short description|First parliamentary election after Yemeni unification}}
{{Infobox legislative election
| election_name = 1993 Yemeni parliamentary election
| country = Yemen
| election_date = 27 April 1993
| previous_election = {{nowrap|1988 (North)
← 1986 (South)}}
| next_election = 1997
| seats_for_election = All 301 seats in the House of Representatives
| majority_seats = 151
| turnout = 84.82%
| first_election = yes
| party1 = General People's Congress (Yemen) | leader1 = Ali Abdullah Saleh | seats1 = 123 | percentage1 = 28.69
| party2 = Yemeni Socialist Party | leader2 = Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas | seats2 = 56 | percentage2 = 18.54
| party3 = Al-Islah (Yemen) | leader3 = Abdullah ibn Husayn al-Ahmar | seats3 = 62 | percentage3 = 17.14
| party4 = Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Yemen Region | leader4 = | seats4 = 7 | percentage4 = 3.60
| party5 = Nasserist Unionist People's Organisation | leader5 = Abdul Ghani Thabet | seats5 = 1 | percentage5 = 2.34
| party6 = Party of Truth (Yemen) | leader6 = Ahmad al-Shami | seats6 = 2 | percentage6 = 0.84
| party7 = NRO | leader7 = | seats7 = 1 | percentage7 = 0.28 | color7 = green
| party8 = DNP | leader8 = | seats8 = 1 | percentage8 = 0.20 | color8 = green
| party9 = Independents | leader9 = – | seats9 = 47 | percentage9 = 27.15
| title = Prime Minister
| before_election = Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas
| before_party = Yemeni Socialist Party
| after_election = Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas
| after_party = Yemeni Socialist Party
| map = {{Switcher
| 350px
| Seats won by governorate
| File:1993 Yemeni parliamentary election results by governorate - Totals.svg
| Most voted-for party by governorate
}}
| map_caption = GPC: {{legend0|#fbeeb7|20–30%}} {{legend0|#f9e185|30–40%}} {{legend0|#ffdb4c|40–50%}}
YSP: {{legend0|#f28c8c|20–30%}} {{legend0|#f76e6e|30–40%}} {{legend0|#ff4c4c|40–50%}} {{legend0|#ff0000|50–60%}} {{legend0|#e50000|60–70%}}
}}{{Politics of Yemen}}
Parliamentary elections were held in Yemen on 27 April 1993,Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p301 {{ISBN|0-19-924958-X}} the first after Yemeni unification. The General People's Congress emerged as the largest party, winning 123 of the 301 seats.Nohlen et al., p309 Voter turnout was 85%.
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.Nohlen et al., p298
Results
{{Election results
|image=File:1993 Yemen House of Representatives.svg
|party1=General People's Congress|votes1=640523|seats1=123
|party2=Yemeni Socialist Party|votes2=413984|seats2=56
|party3=Al-Islah|votes3=382545|seats3=62
|party4=Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party|votes4=80362|seats4=7
|party5=Nasserist Unionist People's Organisation|votes5=52303|seats5=1
|party6=Party of Truth|votes6=18659|seats6=2
|party7={{ill|League of Sons of Yemen|ar|حزب رابطة أبناء اليمن}}|votes7=16155|seats7=0
|party8=Nasserist Reform Organisation|votes8=6191|seats8=1
|party9=Democratic Nasserist Party|votes9=4576|seats9=1
|party10=National Democratic Front|votes10=3793|seats10=0
|party11=Union of Popular Forces|votes11=2662|seats11=0
|party12=Unionist Assembly|votes12=1855|seats12=0
|party13=Liberation Front|votes13=1706|seats13=0
|party14=September Democrats|votes14=532|seats14=0
|party15=National Front Popular Organisation|votes15=148|seats15=0
|party16=Social Nationalist Party – Yemen|votes16=124|seats16=0
|party17=Revolutionary Democrats|votes17=78|seats17=0
|party18=Democratic Movement|votes18=71|seats18=0
|party19=The (Legal) Union|votes19=30|seats19=0
|party20=National Cohesion Conference|votes20=16|seats20=0
|party21=Democratic Front|votes21=15|seats21=0
|party22=Independents|votes22=606201|seats22=47
|row23=Vacant|seats23=1
|invalid=47712
|total_sc=0
|electorate=2688323
|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20151018171241/http://www.al-bab.com/yemen/pol/election1993.htm Al-Bab]
}}
= Performance of each Party =
File:1993 Yemeni parliamentary election results by governorate - GPC.svg|{{center|1= General People's Congress
{{legend0|#faf7eb|1–10%}} {{legend0|#f7f1d4|10–20%}} {{legend0|#fbeeb7|20–30%}} {{legend0|#f9e185|30–40%}} {{legend0|#ffdb4c|40–50%}} }}|alt=General People's Congress 1–10% 10–20% 20–30% 30–40% 40–50%
File:1993 Yemeni parliamentary election results by governorate - YSP.svg|{{center|1= Yemeni Socialist Party
{{legend0|#f4bebe|1–10%}} {{legend0|#f5a3a3|10–20%}} {{legend0|#f28c8c|20–30%}} {{legend0|#f76e6e|30–40%}} {{legend0|#ff4c4c|40–50%}} {{legend0|#ff0000|50–60%}} {{legend0|#e50000|60–70%}}}}|alt=Yemen Socialist Party 1–10% 10–20% 20–30% 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%
File:1993 Yemeni parliamentary election results by governorate - Al-Islah.svg|{{center|1= Yemeni Congregation for Reform
{{legend0|#ebf2fb|<1%}} {{legend0|#c6d7ec|1-10%}} {{legend0|#a8c9f0|10-20%}} {{legend0|#81b4ee|20-30%}}}}
File:1993 Yemeni parliamentary election results by governorate - Ba'ath.svg|{{center|1= Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party - Yemen Region
{{legend0|#edf7f3|<1%}} {{legend0|#b7e1cf|1–5%}} {{legend0|#8bdab9|5–10%}}}}
File:1993 Yemeni parliamentary election results by governorate - Nasserists.svg|{{center|1= Nasserist Unionist People's Organisation
{{legend0|#f2f2f2|<1%}} {{legend0|#d9d9d9|1–5%}} {{legend0|#bfbfbf|5-10%}}}}
File:1993 Yemeni parliamentary election results by governorate - Haqq.svg|{{center|1= Party of Truth
{{legend0|#f2f6ee|<1%}} {{legend0|#e6f1da|1–5%}} {{legend0|#cce3b5|5–10%}} {{legend0|#8dc553|20-25%}}}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2353_93.htm Election report] Inter-Parliamentary Union
{{Yemeni elections}}