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2003 Yemeni Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Yemen on 27 April 2003, having been originally scheduled for 2001. The General People's Congress of President Ali Abdullah Saleh received 58% of the vote, winning 229 of the 301 seats. As of , these were the last parliamentary elections in Yemen as the country descended into a civil war several years later. Campaign Nineteen parties fielded a total of 991 candidates for the 301 seats in the House of Representatives, in addition to 405 independent candidates. Over eight million Yemeni citizens were registered to vote, with the number of registered women voters almost doubling since 1997 (3.4 million compared to 1.8 million). Conduct Although the election was deemed to be more free and fair than in previous years, there were still concerns about the conduct of the vote. The National Democratic Institute noted that: :''The atmosphere of anxiety in the run-up to the elections caused by fears of violence, as well as heavy-handed and coercive measu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1997 Yemeni Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Yemen on 27 April 1997. 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. The main opposition party, al-Islah, attacked the government for not carrying out economic reforms and for corruption. Voter turnout was 61.0%.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I'', p304 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 Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Islah (Yemen)
The Yemeni Congregation for Reform, frequently called al-Islah (; ar, التجمع اليمني للإصلاح, at-Tajammu’u al-Yamanī lil-Iṣlāḥ), is a Yemeni Islamist party founded in 1990 by Abdullah ibn Husayn al-Ahmar, Ali Mohsen al-Ahmar, Abdul Majeed al-Zindani, with Ali Saleh's blessing. The first article of Islah basic law defines it as "a popular political organization that seeks reform of all aspects of life on the basis of Islamic principles and teachings". Islah is more of a loose coalition of tribal and religious elements than a political party. Its origins are in the Islamic Front, a Muslim Brotherhood affiliated militia funded by Saudi Arabia to combat the Marxist National Democratic Front. The Islamic Front regrouped after the unification of Yemen in 1990 under the banner of the Islah Party with considerable financial backing from Saudi Arabia. Islah has long been identified as a client of Saudi Arabia. In its official website, Islah summarizes its f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elections In Yemen
Elections in Yemen take place within the framework of a presidential system, with both the President and House of Representatives elected by the public. Due to political instability, elections have not been held regularly since the early 2000s. Electoral history North Yemen Following the North Yemen Civil War and the establishment of the Yemen Arab Republic, a new constitution came into force in 1970 and the first parliamentary elections were held in 1971. However, as political parties were banned, all candidates ran as independents. Political instability meant that the next elections did not take place until 1988. The 1988 elections were also held on a non-party basis, although around 30 candidates sympathetic to the Muslim Brotherhood were elected. Inter-Parliamentary Union South Yemen During the British colonial era ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Party Of Truth (Yemen)
The Party of Truth ( ar, حزب الحق, ''Hizb al-Haqq'') is a Zaydi Islamist political party in Yemen. History Established by Ahmad al-Shami in 1990 in order to oppose al-Islah, the party won two seats in the House of Representatives House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entitles. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often c ... in the 1993 elections, the first after unification. However, the 1997 elections saw its vote share drop from 0.8% to 0.2%, and it lost both seats. In 2002 it joined the opposition Joint Meeting Parties alliance. Al Jazeera, 10 March 2011 It received only 0.1% of the vote in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Democratic Front (Yemen)
The National Democratic Front ( ar, الجبهة الوطنية الديمقراطية) was founded as an umbrella of various opposition movements in North Yemen on February 2, 1976 in Sana'a. The five founding organisations of NDF were the Revolutionary Democratic Party of Yemen, Organisation of Yemeni Revolutionary Resistors, the Labour Party, the Popular Vanguard and the Popular Democratic Union.MERIP Reports, No. 130, (February 1985). On March 5, 1979, the five founding parties of the NDF merged to form the Yemeni Popular Unity Party. Four days later, the Popular Unity Party merged into the Yemeni Socialist Party (but retaining the name 'Popular Unity Party' for activities in North Yemen). The NDF did however continue to exist as a separate structure. It was joined by Qassam Salam's Ba'ath Party, and the Democratic Septembrist Organization. In 1978 the Ba'ath Party left the front and in 1979 the June 13 Front of Popular Forces joined it. As the National Democratic Fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Nasserist Party
The Democratic Nasserist Party ( ar, الحزب الناصري الديمقراطي, ''al-Hizb al-Nasiri al-Dimuqrati'') is a political party in Yemen. History The party was set up in the 1960s by Egyptian intelligence service to win the support of Shafi'i muslims population that dominated Lower Yemen. It contested the 1993 parliamentary elections, nominating 17 candidates. Despite receiving only 0.2% of the vote, it won a seat in the House of Representatives.Frank Tachau (1994) ''Political parties of the Middle East and North Africa'', Greenwood Press, p631 For the 1997 elections it put forward 33 candidates, and despite doubling its vote share, Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I'', p304 it lost parliamentary representation. It received 0.2% of the vote in the 2003 parliamentary elections, remaining seatless. Ideology Although a Nasserist Nasserism ( ) is an Arab nationalist and Arab socialist politica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nasserist Reform Organisation
The Nasserist Reform Organisation ( ar, تنظيم التصحيح الشعبي الناصري, ''Tanzim at-Tashikh ash-Shabi an-Nasiri'') is a political party in Yemen. It is led by Mujahed al-Quhali. History The party was established in 1991 as a merger of the Democratic United Corrective Front and the Nasserite Organisation of Yemen.Frank Tachau (1994) ''Political parties of the Middle East and North Africa'', Greenwood Press, p626 Despite having an estimated membership of around 100,000, it received only 6,170 votes in the 1993 elections, winning one seat in the House of Representatives House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national entitles. In many countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often c .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Yemen Region
The National Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Yemen Region ( ar, حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي القومي - قطر اليمن ''Hizb Al-Ba'ath Al-Arabi Al-Ishtiraki Al-Qawmi - Qutr Al-Yaman'') is a political party in Yemen. The party is the Yemeni regional organisation of the Iraq-led Ba'ath Party. The secretary of the party in Yemen is Dr. Qassam Salam Said. Abdulwahid Hawash serves as the deputy secretary. The party publishes the newspaper ''Al-Ehyaa Al-'Arabi'' (لإحياء العربي, 'Arabic Renaissance'). Ba'athism in Yemen originates back to the 1950s. The party carried out clandestine political activity until 1990. It obtained official registration as the 'National Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party' on 10 February 1997. The party had initially sought to register itself as the 'Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party' in 1995, but that name was accorded by the authorities to the Yemeni regional branch of the Syria-led Ba'ath Party. The party contested the 1993 pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Yemen Region
The Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Yemen Region ( ar, حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي - قطر اليمن ''Ḥizb al-Ba‘th al-‘Arabī al-Ishtirākī - Quṭr al-Yaman'') is the Yemeni regional branch of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party (based in Damascus). Ba'athism in Yemen originates back to the 1950s. The party carried out clandestine political activity until 1990. The party was officially registered as the 'Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party' on 31 December 1995, while the pro-Iraq party registered as the ' National Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party' in 1997. The general secretary of the party in Yemen is Mohammed Al-Zubairy. The party contested the 1993 parliamentary election in alliance with the National Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, winning seven seats. After the election, however, relations between the two Ba'athist groups soured and they contested further elections separately. In the 1997 and 2003 parliamentary elections, the party won two seats. In 2003, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nasserist Unionist People's Organisation
The Nasserist Unionist People's Organisation ( ar, التظيم الوحدوي الشعبي الناصري, ''Al-Tantheem Al-Wahdawi Al-Sha'abi Al-Nasseri'') is a Nasserist political party in Yemen. The party was founded in Taiz on December 25, 1965. The party was legalized in 1989. In 1993 the party held its 8th conference. The conference elected an 89-member politburo A politburo () or political bureau is the executive committee for communist parties. It is present in most former and existing communist states. Names The term "politburo" in English comes from the Russian ''Politbyuro'' (), itself a contracti .... Abdul-Malik al-Mikhlafi was elected the new general secretary of the party, replacing Abdul Ghani Thabet. Thabet was general secretary of the party 1990–1993. At the last legislative elections in 2003 the party won 1.85% of the popular vote and 3 out of 301 seats. The party publishes ''al-Wahdawi''. In 2011, the party has participated in the Yemeni uprising ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yemeni Socialist Party
The Yemeni Socialist Party ( ar, الحزب الاشتراكي اليمني, ''al-Hizb al-Ishtiraki al-Yamani'', YSP) is a political party in Yemen. A successor of Yemen's National Liberation Front, it was the ruling party in South Yemen until Yemeni unification in 1990. Originally Marxist–Leninist, the party has gradually evolved into a social democratic opposition party in today's unified Yemen. History South Yemen The party was established by Abdul Fattah Ismail in 1978 following a unification process of a number of Yemeni revolutionary groups in both South and North Yemen. The core of the YSP came from the Unified Political National Front Organisation – itself the result of merging three parties, namely the National Front for the Liberation of Occupied South Yemen (NLF), the Democratic Popular Union Party (Marxist) and the Popular Vanguard Party (a left-wing Ba'athist party), and from the Yemeni Popular Unity Party in North Yemen – itself the result of merging of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Democratic Institute For International Affairs
The National Democratic Institute (NDI), or National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, is a non-profit American NGO that works with partners in developing countries to increase the effectiveness of democratic institutions. The NDI's core program areas include citizen participation, elections, debates, democratic governance, democracy and technology, political inclusion of marginalized groups, and gender, women and democracy, peace and security, political parties, and youth political participation. The organization's stated mission is to "support and strengthen democratic institutions worldwide through citizen participation, openness and accountability in government." The NDI was founded in 1983, shortly after the United States Congress created the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). The NED's creation was followed by the establishment of three related institutes: the Center for International Private Enterprise, the National Democratic Institute for International ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
