House of Representatives (Yemen)
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House of Representatives مجلس النواب اليمني | |
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| Seats | 301 |
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Political groups | General People's Congress (238) Yemeni Congregation for Reform (46) |
| Elections | |
| First-past-the-post | |
Last election | April 27, 2003 |
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| http://yemenparliament.gov.ye/ | |
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The House of Representatives (Majlis al-Nuwaab) is the legislature of Yemen. The Assembly of Representatives has 301 members, elected for a six-year term in single-seat constituencies. The last election took place in 2003. The election was set for 27 April 2009, but president Saleh postponed them by two years on 24 February 2009.[1][2] However, they did not take place on 27 April 2011 either and they were planned to be held alongside the next presidential election, sometime in February 2014.[3][4] In January 2014, the final session of the National Dialogue Conference (NDC) announced that both elections had been delayed, and would occur within 9 months of a referendum on a new constitution which had yet to be drafted.[5] However both the GPC and Houthi representatives on the National Authority for Monitoring the Implementation of NDC Outcomes have refused to vote on the new constitution drafted by the constitution drafting committee, which submitted it in January 2015.[6]
In February 2015, the Houthis briefly dissolved parliament before reportedly agreeing to reinstate the 301-member assembly in UN-brokered talks. Under the agreement, it will be augmented by a "people's transitional council" serving as the upper house.[7]
Latest elections
The last parliamentary election in Yemen took place in 2003.
Template:Yemen parliamentary election, 2003
See also
- List of Speakers of the Assembly of Representatives of Yemen
- Politics of Yemen
- List of legislatures by country
References
- ^ Stephen Day (2009-06-02). "Yemen Postpones Its April 2009 Parliamentary Elections". Middle East Institute. Retrieved 2015-04-04.
- ^ Parliament Overwhelmingly Approves Proposal To Extend Term- Yemen Post English Newspaper Online. Yemenpost.net. Retrieved on 2010-11-08.
- ^ "September 2012 Monthly Forecast – Yemen". Security Council Report. 2012-08-31.
- ^ "Foreign Secretary welcomes Yemeni plan for elections in 2014" (Press release). Foreign & Commonwealth Office, UK. 7 March 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- ^ Yemen’s ‘national dialogue’ ends in violence, no election scheduled
- ^ Houthis and GPC refuse to vote on constitution
- ^ "Yemen feuding parties agree on transitional council". Al Jazeera. 20 February 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
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