2006 Yemeni presidential election

2006 Yemeni presidential election

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Registered	9,247,390
Turnout	65.16%
Nominee Ali Abdullah Saleh Faisal Bin Shamlan Party GPC 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

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Executive Presidential Leadership Council (in Aden) Chairman: Rashad al-Alimi Deputy Chairman: Sultan Ali al-Arada Aidarus al-Zoubaidi Tareq Saleh Abdullah al-Alimi Bawazeer Abed al-Rahman Abu Zara’a Othman Hussein Megali Faraj Salmin Al-Buhsani Supreme Political Council (in Sanaa) Chairman: Mahdi al-Mashat Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed (in Aden) Abdel-Aziz bin Habtour (in Sanaa) Cabinet
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Presidential elections were held in Yemen on 20 September 2006, alongside local elections. Incumbent president Ali Abdullah Saleh of the General People's Congress received 77% of the vote, defeating opposition coalition candidate Faisal Bin Shamlan.