Country: | Djibouti |
Flag Year: | 1997 |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 1992 Djiboutian parliamentary election |
Previous Year: | 1992 |
Next Election: | 2003 Djiboutian parliamentary election |
Next Year: | 2003 |
Seats For Election: | All 65 seats in the National Assembly |
Election Date: | 19 December 1997 |
Image1: | Hassan Gouled Aptidon in 26 June 1977.jpg |
Leader1: | Hassan Gouled Aptidon |
Party1: | People's Rally for Progress |
Seats1: | 65 |
Popular Vote1: | 72,073 |
Percentage1: | 78.56% |
Swing1: | 3.97pp |
Before Party: | People's Rally for Progress |
After Party: | People's Rally for Progress |
Parliamentary elections were held in Djibouti on 19 December 1997. The Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy, which had boycotted the last election, ran joint candidates with the ruling People's Rally for Progress.[1] Together, they won all 65 seats in the National Assembly, with the PRP taking 54 and the FRUD 11. Voter turnout was 57%.[2]