Democratic Nasserist Party الحزب الناصري الديمقراطي | |
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Nasserism Arab Nationalism Arab Socialism Pan-Arabism |
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The Democratic Nasserist Party ( Arabic: الحزب الناصري الديمقراطي, al-Hizb al-Nasiri al-Dimuqrati) is a political party in Yemen.
The party was set up in the 1960s by Egyptian intelligence service to win the support of Shafi'i muslims population that dominated Lower Yemen. [1] It contested the 1993 parliamentary elections, nominating 17 candidates. [2] Despite receiving only 0.2% of the vote, it won a seat in the House of Representatives. [3] For the 1997 elections it put forward 33 candidates, [4] and despite doubling its vote share, [5] it lost parliamentary representation. It received 0.2% of the vote in the 2003 parliamentary elections, remaining seatless.
Although a Nasserist party, the party supports Sharia law and sees socialism as being compatible with Islam. [3]