REPUBLIC OF YEMEN
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 23 SEPTEMBER 1999
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Source: Yemen Supreme Commission for Elections and Referendums 
Website

Parties
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* MSA - al-Mu'tammar al-Sha'bi al-'Am (General People's Congress)

NATIONAL SUMMARY
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Enrolled voters:                           5,600,119
Votes cast:                                3,772,941  67.4%
Invalid votes:                                47,533  01.2%
Valid votes:                               3,725,408  98.8%
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Candidate                    Party         Votes
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Ali 'Abdullah SALIH *        MSA           3,583,795  96.2 
Najeeb Qahtan Al-Sha'abi                     141,433  03.8
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Total                                      3,725,408
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Al-Sha'abi was in fact a member of the President's own party - no 
genuine opposition candidates were allowed to contest the 
election.