1984 Moroccan general election

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1984 Moroccan general election
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  1977 14 September 1984 1993  

All 306 seats in the House of Representatives
157 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeaderVote %Seats+/–
UC Maati Bouabid 24.7983New
RNI Ahmed Osman 17.1861New
MP Abdelkrim al-Khatib 15.5447+3
Istiqlal M'hamed Boucetta 15.3341−10
USFP Abderrahim Bouabid 12.3936+35
NDP Mohamed Arsalane El Jadidi 8.9224New
PPS Ali Yata 2.302+1
DPAO  [ fr ] Mohamed Bensaid Ait Idder 0.741New
PUSN 0.221New
UMT Mahjoub Ben Seddik  [ fr ]5−2
CDT Noubir Amaoui 3New
UGTM Abderrazak Afilal Alami Idrissi 2+2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister beforePrime Minister after
Mohammed Karim Lamrani
Independent
Mohammed Karim Lamrani
Independent

General elections were held in Morocco on 14 September 1984, having originally been scheduled for September 1983, but postponed due to issues over the future of Western Sahara. The number of directly elected seats increased from 176 to 199, whilst the number of indirectly elected seats rose from 88 to 102 (60 elected by local councillors, 32 by professional bodies and 10 by workers' organisations). [1] The indirectly elected seats were chosen on 2 October.

Twelve parties and 1,333 candidates contested the election. The result was a victory for the Constitutional Union, which won 82 of the 301 seats. Voter turnout was 67%. [2]

Results

PartyDirect electionIndirect electionTotal
seats
+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Constitutional Union 1,101,50224.79552883New
National Rally of Independents 763,39517.18382361New
Popular Movement 695,02015.64311647+3
Istiqlal Party 681,08315.33231841–10
Socialist Union of Popular Forces 550,29112.3934236+21
National Democratic Party 396,3708.9215924New
Party of Progress and Socialism 102,3142.30202+1
Constitutional and Democratic Popular Movement  [ fr ]69,8621.57000–3
Organisation for Democratic and Popular Action  [ fr ]32,7660.74101New
Action Party 20,4650.46000–2
Democratic Independence Party 20,1260.45000New
Party of Union and National Solidarity 9,8100.22011New
Moroccan Workers' Union 55–2
Democratic Confederation of Labour 33New
General Union of Moroccan Workers 22New
Total4,443,004100.00199107306+42
Valid votes4,443,00488.87
Invalid/blank votes556,64211.13
Total votes4,999,646100.00
Registered voters/turnout7,414,84667.43
Source: López García, Nohlen et al.

References

  1. Morocco Inter-Parliamentary Union
  2. Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p54 ISBN   0-19-829645-2