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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 2024, these were the last parliamentary elections in Yemen as the country descended into a civil war eleven years later.
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).
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 General People's Congress was immediately joined by 12 independents. Results in three seats were invalidated. [2] Despite the increase in the number of women voters, only one woman was elected, down from two in the 1997 elections.
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
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