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1997 Yemeni parliamentary election

Field	Value
country	Yemen
election_date	27 April 1997
previous_election	1993
next_election	2003
seats_for_election	All 301 seats in the House of Representatives
majority_seats	151
turnout	60.96% ( 23.96pp)
party1	General People's Congress (Yemen)	leader1 = Ali Abdullah Saleh	seats1 = 187	last_election1 = 123	percentage1 = 43.10
party2	Al-Islah (Yemen)	leader2 = Abdullah ibn Husayn al-Ahmar	last_election2 = 62	seats2 = 53	percentage2 = 23.39
party3	Nasserist Unionist People's Organisation	leader3 = Abdulmalik Al-Mekhlafi	last_election3 = 1	seats3 = 3	percentage3 = 2.03
party4	Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Yemen Region	leader4 =	last_election4 = 7	seats4 = 2	percentage4 = 0.75
party6	Independents	leader6 = –	last_election6 = 47	seats6 = 54	percentage6 = 29.54
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani
before_party	General People's Congress (Yemen)
after_election	Faraj Said Bin Ghanem
after_party	Independent politician

Parliamentary elections were held in Yemen on 27 April 1997 to elect all 301 members of the House of Representatives for a six-year term. The governing General People's Congress of President Ali Abdullah Saleh won a landslide victory, taking 187 of the 301 seats, although several opposition parties including the Yemeni Socialist Party boycotted the election alleging that the government had harassed and arrested their party workers.

Campaign

Of the 16 million people in Yemen about 4.6 million were registered to vote with about a quarter of them being women. However, only about 2.6 million people received their voting cards.

Over 2,300 candidates, from 12 parties, competed for the 301 seats in the House of Representatives. Most candidates were independents, however many of these were backed by either the General People's Congress or al-Islah parties. There were 19 female candidates. Each party or independent candidate had their own logo such as an owl or horse for the ballot paper to help illiterate voters. There were few disagreements over policy between the parties.

Results

Aftermath

In two districts, Hajjah and Dhamar the results were cancelled due to irregularities. International monitors described the elections as being 'reasonably free and fair' and 'a positive step in the democratic development of Yemen'.

After the elections, 39 MPs elected as independents joined the GPC, 10 joined Al-Islah and two joined the Yemeni Socialist Party.

References

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(1997-05-02). "Yemen's ruling party proclaims victory amid claims of fraud". [[The Indian Express]].
(1997-04-28). "Yemen Holds Vote; First Since '94 Strife". [[The New York Times]].
(1997-04-24). "Doves and eagles fight for votes: Yemen prepares for elections". [[The Guardian]].
(1997-05-08). "Yemen Leader's Party Dominates Elections". [[The New York Times]].
(1997-05-03). "Peek behind screen of Yemen's paranoid poll". [[The Guardian]].
"State of the parties, 1997 election". Yemen gateway.

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