House of Representatives (Yemen)
House of Representatives مجلس النواب اليمني | ||
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Speaker | ||
Structure | ||
Seats | 301 | |
Political groups | General People's Congress (168) Yemeni Congregation for Reform (42) Nasserites (3)Independents (43) Vacants (37) | |
Committees | Unknown | |
Joint committees | Unknown | |
Elections | ||
First-past-the-post | ||
Last election | 27 April 2003 | |
Website | ||
parliament-ye.com (exile government)[1] yemenparliament.gov.ye (Sanaa Government) [2] |
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The House of Representatives (Majlis al-Nuwaab) is the lower house of the Parliament of Yemen. It shares the legislative power with the Shura Council, the upper house.[2][3] The Assembly of Representatives has 301 members, elected for a six-year term in single-seat constituencies. It is one of the rare parliamentary chambers in the world to currently have no female representation.[4]
The House of Representatives was established in 1990 after the unification of Yemen for a transitional period.[5] An election hasn't been held for the body since 2003. An election was set for 27 April 2009, but president Saleh postponed it by two years on 24 February 2009.[6][7] However, the election did not take place on 27 April 2011, and was again postponed until the next presidential election, sometime in February 2014.[8][9] In January 2014, the final session of the
In February 2015, the
Since the civil war, the House of Representatives had held semi-regular sessions in San'aa in Houthi-held territory. In 13 April 2019, the first session was held in Seiyun, in Hadi-controlled Hadhramaut Governorate.[13]
Latest elections
The last parliamentary election in Yemen took place in 2003.
Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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General People's Congress | 3,465,117 | 57.79 | 229 | +42 | |
Al-Islah | 1,349,485 | 22.51 | 45 | –8 | |
Yemeni Socialist Party | 291,541 | 4.86 | 7 | New | |
Nasserist Unionist People's Organisation | 109,714 | 1.83 | 3 | 0 | |
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party | 40,872 | 0.68 | 2 | 0 | |
Unnamed party | 25,352 | 0.42 | 1 | – | |
National Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party | 23,745 | 0.40 | 0 | 0 | |
Nasserist Reform Organisation | 15,257 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | |
Union of Popular Forces | 11,967 | 0.20 | 0 | – | |
Democratic Nasserist Party | 9,829 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | |
National Democratic Front | 7,056 | 0.12 | 0 | – | |
Social Nationalist Party – Yemen | 5,349 | 0.09 | 0 | – | |
Party of Truth | 4,585 | 0.08 | 0 | 0 | |
People's Democratic Party | 4,077 | 0.07 | 0 | – | |
Democratic Union of Popular Forces | 3,003 | 0.05 | 0 | – | |
Social Green Party | 2,276 | 0.04 | 0 | – | |
Popular Unity Party | 1,739 | 0.03 | 0 | – | |
Yemeni League Party | 1,383 | 0.02 | 0 | – | |
Liberation Front Party | 1,282 | 0.02 | 0 | – | |
Popular Unionist Liberation Party | 1,241 | 0.02 | 0 | – | |
Yemeni Unionist Gathering | 483 | 0.01 | 0 | – | |
Democratic September Organization | 81 | 0.00 | 0 | – | |
Independents | 620,615 | 10.35 | 14 | –40 | |
Total | 5,996,049 | 100.00 | 301 | 0 | |
Valid votes | 5,996,049 | 96.69 | |||
Invalid/blank votes | 205,205 | 3.31 | |||
Total votes | 6,201,254 | 100.00 | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 8,097,514 | 76.58 | |||
Source: Yemen NIC |
See also
- List of speakers of the House of Representatives of Yemen
- Politics of Yemen
- List of legislatures by country
References
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