1997 Moroccan general election

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]

1997 Moroccan general election
Morocco
← 1993 14 November 1997 2002 →

325 seats in the House of Representatives
163 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats +/–
USFP Abderrahmane Youssoufi 13.9 57 +5
Istiqlal M'hamed Boucetta 13.8 32 −20
RNI Ahmed Osman 11.1 46 +5
MP Mohand Laenser 10.3 40 −11
UC Maati Bouabid 10.2 50 −4
MDS 9.5 32 New
MNP 6.8 19 −6
PRP Ismaïl Alaoui 4.3 9 −1
PND 4.2 10 −14
CDPM 4.1 9 New
FFD 3.8 9 New
PSD 3.0 5 New
ODPA 2.9 4 +2
Action Party 1.4 2 0
PDI 1.2 1 −8
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Abdellatif Filali
Independent
Abdellatif Filali
Independent

Results edit

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Socialist Union of Popular Forces884,06113.8757+5
Istiqlal Party840,31513.1932–20
National Rally of Independents705,39711.0746+6
Popular Movement659,33110.3540–11
Constitutional Union647,74610.1750–4
Democratic and Social Movement603,1569.4732New
National Popular Movement431,6516.7719–6
Party of Renewal and Progress274,8624.319–1
National Democratic Party270,4254.2410–14
Constitutional and Democratic Popular Movement264,3244.159New
Front of Democratic Forces243,2753.829New
Democratic Socialist Party188,5202.965New
Organisation for Democratic and Popular Action184,0092.894+2
Action Party89,6141.4120
Democratic Independence Party76,1761.201–8
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.

References edit

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p635 ISBN 0-19-829645-2