1997 Moroccan general election

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1997 Moroccan general election
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  1993 14 November 1997 2002  

325 seats in the House of Representatives
163 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader%Seats+/–
USFP Abderrahmane Youssoufi 13.957+5
Istiqlal M'hamed Boucetta 13.832-20
RNI Ahmed Osman 11.146+5
MP Mohand Laenser 10.340-11
UC Maati Bouabid 10.250-4
MDS 9.532New
MNP 6.819-6
PRP Ismaïl Alaoui 4.39-1
PND 4.210-14
CDPM 4.19New
FFD 3.89New
PSD 3.05New
ODPA 2.94+2
Action Party 1.420
PDI 1.21-8
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister beforePrime Minister after
Abdellatif Filali
Independent
Abdellatif Filali
Independent

Parliamentary elections were held in Morocco on 14 November 1997. The result was a victory for the Socialist Union of Popular Forces, which won 57 of the 319 seats in the Assembly of Representatives. Voter turnout was 58.3%. [1]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Socialist Union of Popular Forces 884,06113.8757+5
Istiqlal Party 840,31513.1932–20
National Rally of Independents 705,39711.0746+6
Popular Movement 659,33110.3540–11
Constitutional Union 647,74610.1750–4
Democratic and Social Movement 603,1569.4732New
National Popular Movement 431,6516.7719–6
Party of Renewal and Progress 274,8624.319–1
National Democratic Party 270,4254.2410–14
Constitutional and Democratic Popular Movement 264,3244.159New
Front of Democratic Forces 243,2753.829New
Democratic Socialist Party 188,5202.965New
Organisation for Democratic and Popular Action 184,0092.894+2
Action Party 89,6141.4120
Democratic Independence Party 76,1761.201–8
Movement for Democracy8,7680.140New
Total6,371,630100.00325–7
Valid votes6,371,63085.44
Invalid/blank votes1,085,36614.56
Total votes7,456,996100.00
Registered voters/turnout12,790,63158.30
Source: Nohlen et al.

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