{"iso":"YE","name":"Yemen","flag":"\ud83c\uddfe\ud83c\uddea","vote":"House of Representatives \u00b7 official result, not competitive","model":"noncomp","updated":"2003-04-27","source":"2003 election result, official count","credit":"No regular published national polling. Shares are the party vote at the House of Representatives election of 27 April 2003, the last national election held in Yemen, official results as published by the Supreme Commission for Elections and Referendum. Parliament's term expired in 2009, and the war that began with the 2014 Houthi takeover has divided the country between rival authorities, making national voting impossible. Parties below one percent are aggregated as others.","shares":{"GPC":57.8,"ISLAH":22.5,"YSP":4.9,"NAS":1.8,"IND":10.4,"OTH":2.6},"polls":[],"parties":{"GPC":{"name":"al-Mu\u02bctamar al-Sha\u02bbbi al-\u02bbAmm","color":"#2E86C1","name_en":"General People's Congress"},"ISLAH":{"name":"al-Tajammu\u02bb al-Yamani lil-Islah","color":"#1B7A3D","name_en":"Al-Islah"},"YSP":{"name":"al-Hizb al-Ishtiraki al-Yamani","color":"#C8102E","name_en":"Yemeni Socialist Party"},"NAS":{"name":"al-Tanzim al-Wahdawi al-Sha\u02bbbi al-Nasiri","color":"#8E44AD","name_en":"Nasserist Unionist People's Organisation"},"IND":{"name":"Independents","color":"#9a9a9a"},"OTH":{"name":"Other parties","color":"#d0d0d0"}},"primer":{"system":"Fragmented republic at war, with rival authorities controlling different regions","head_of_state":"Rashad al-Alimi, chairing the internationally recognised Presidential Leadership Council. Houthi authorities under Abdul-Malik al-Houthi rule Sanaa and most of the population","head_of_government":"Prime Minister Shaya al-Zindani of the recognised government, based in Aden","legislature":"A 301-seat House of Representatives last elected in 2003. A rival Houthi-run council sits in Sanaa.","electoral_system":"Members were elected by first-past-the-post in single-member constituencies. The chamber elected in 2003 has never been renewed.","government_now":"The recognised government is confined to the south and east, while Houthi authorities rule Sanaa. No national vote has been possible for more than two decades.","context":"Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping from 2023 drew US and Israeli strikes. Yemen remains one of the world's gravest humanitarian crises, with most people dependent on aid.","sources":"Cross-checked against the English-language MediaWiki encyclopedic record via its public API, 2 July 2026."},"parties_info":{"GPC":["al-Mu\u02bctamar al-Sha\u02bbbi al-\u02bbAmm","General People's Congress","Big-tent former ruling party of ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh; won 229 of 301 seats in 2003 but has since fractured between pro-Houthi and pro-government wings."],"ISLAH":["al-Tajammu\u02bb al-Yamani lil-Islah","Yemeni Congregation for Reform","Sunni Islamist party linked to the Muslim Brotherhood with tribal and Salafi strands; the main opposition of the 2000s with 45 seats, now aligned with the recognised anti-Houthi government."],"YSP":["al-Hizb al-Ishtiraki al-Yamani","Yemeni Socialist Party","Left-wing party that once ruled independent South Yemen; cut to 7 seats in 2003 and later a core of the southern opposition."],"NAS":["al-Tanzim al-Wahdawi al-Sha\u02bbbi al-Nasiri","Nasserist Unionist People's Organisation","Small Arab-nationalist party in the Nasserist tradition; won 3 seats in 2003."],"IND":["Independents","","Members elected with no party affiliation; 14 sat in the House chosen in 2003."],"OTH":["Other parties","","Minor parties, chiefly the Arab nationalist Baath Party, holding a handful of seats between them."]},"seats_now":{"chamber":"House of Representatives","as_of":"2003 election","total":301,"seats":{"GPC":229,"ISLAH":45,"IND":14,"YSP":7,"NAS":3,"OTH":3}},"has_geo":true,"geo_meta":{"kind":"admin1","source":"Natural Earth 10m admin-1 states/provinces (nvkelso/natural-earth-vector), retrieved 2026-07-02","note":"Region set and any internationally-disputed territories follow the Natural Earth source dataset. Far overseas/outlying territories may fall outside the primary map frame."}}