Election in Yemen.

Description of election in Yemen....... 

Yemen elects on national level a head of state (the president) and a legislature. The president is elected for a seven-year term by the people. The Assembly of Representatives of Yemen (Majlis al-Nuwab) has 301 members, elected for a six-year term in single-seat constituencies.

Yemen is usually considered a dominant-party state with the General People's Congress in power. Opposition parties are allowed, but are widely considered to have no real chance of gaining power.

In 1999 the first nationwide direct presidential election was held, giving Ali Abdallah Salih, the leader of the General People’s Congress (GPC), a five-year term, which was extended to seven years in 2001. President was reelected in September 2006 with 77 percent of the popular vote. 

The electorate also elects the parliament every six years, most recently in April 2003. The next parliamentary elections are to be held in 2011. Although the various 2006 elections (presidential and local) were deemed by international observers to be generally open and competitive, there were reports of irregularities, such as underage and duplicate voting and the use of state funds to support GPC candidates. 

    

Population (as of July 1, 2012)=24,771,809

Elections in our database=5

Registered Voters (as of Feb. 1, 2012)=10,243,364

Average Turnout=67.70%

Election For       Date                 Votes             Registered      Turn
                                                                         Voters              Out
President            2012-02-21      6,635,192      10,243,364     64.78%
President            2006-09-20      6,025,818      9,247,390       65.16%
House of
Representatives  2003-04-27     6,105,696       8,035,721      75.98%
Referendum       2001-02-20     2,569,226        3,945,500      65.12%
President            1999-09-23     3,772,891        5,591,422           67.48%