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Ideology Nasserism
Arab Nationalism
Arab Socialism
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The Democratic Nasserist Party (Arabic: الحزب الناصري الديمقراطي, al-Hizb al-Nasiri al-Dimuqrati) is a political party in Yemen.
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History
The party contested the 1993 parliamentary elections, nominating 17 candidates. Despite receiving only 0.2% of the vote, it won a seat in the House of Representatives. For the 1997 elections it put forward 33 candidates, and despite doubling its vote share, it lost parliamentary representation. It received 0.2% of the vote in the 2003 parliamentary elections, remaining seatless.
Ideology
Although a Nasserist party, the party supports Sharia law and sees socialism as being compatible with Islam.
References
Democratic Nasserist Party Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA