2006 Yemeni presidential election
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| Registered | 9,247,390 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 65.16% ( 2.32pp) | ||||||||||||||||
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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 was re-elected to a seven-year term with 77% of the vote, defeating opposition coalition candidate Faisal Bin Shamlan.