2006 Yemeni presidential election

2006 Yemeni presidential election
20 September 2006
Registered9,247,390
Turnout65.16% ( 2.32pp)
 
Nominee Ali Abdullah Saleh Faisal Bin Shamlan
Party GPC Independent
Alliance JMP
Popular vote 4,149,673 1,173,075
Percentage 77.17% 21.82%
President before election

Ali Abdullah Saleh
GPC

Elected President

Ali Abdullah Saleh
GPC

Presidential elections were held in Yemen on 20 September 2006, alongside local elections. Incumbent president Ali Abdullah Saleh of the General People's Congress was re-elected to a seven-year term with 77% of the vote, defeating opposition coalition candidate Faisal Bin Shamlan.

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