Country Profile:

Upcoming Elections

  • Legislative
    2011
  • Presidential
    September 2013
Yemen

Description of government structure:

  • Chief of State: President Ali Abdullah SALEH *
  • Head of Government: Prime Minister Abdul al-Qadir BA JAMAL
  • Assembly: Yemen has a bicameral Legislature consisting of the Shura Council with 111 seats and the House of Representatives with 301 seats.

* If no candidate obtains an absolute majority of votes cast, a run-off election is held between the two highest-polling candidates.

Description of electoral system:

  • The President is elected by direct popular vote to serve a 7-year term.
  • In the Shura Council 111 members are appointed by the president. In the House of Representatives 301 members are elected by plurality vote in single-member constituencies to serve 6-year terms.

Population:

  • Population: 21,456,188 (July 2006 est.)

Future elections

  • Presidential - September 2013
  • Legislative - 2011

Past elections

Last Updated on 02/04/2010