1984 Moroccan general election

Parliamentary 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.

1984 Moroccan general election
Morocco
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306 seats in the House of Representatives
157 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
UC Maati Bouabid 24.79 83 New
RNI Ahmed Osman 17.18 61 New
MP Abdelkrim al-Khatib 15.54 47 +32
Istiqlal 15.33 41 −10
USFP Abderrahim Bouabid 12.39 36 +35
PND 8.92 24 New
PPS Ali Yata 2.30 2 0
DPAO 0.74 1 New
PUSN 0.22 1 New
UMT 5 −2
CDT 3 New
UGTM 2 +2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Mohammed Karim Lamrani
Independent
Mohammed Karim Lamrani
Independent

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 67.4%.[2]

Results

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PartyDirect electionIndirect electionTotal
seats
+/–
Votes%SeatsVotes%Seats
Constitutional Union1,101,50224.79562783New
National Rally of Independents763,39517.18392261New
Popular Movement695,02015.64311647+32
Istiqlal Party681,08315.33241741–10
Socialist Union of Popular Forces550,29112.3935136+35
National Democratic Party396,3708.9215924New
Party of Progress and Socialism102,3142.302020
Constitutional and Democratic Popular Movement69,8621.57000–44
Democratic and Popular Action Organisation32,7660.74101New
Action Party20,4650.46000–3
Democratic Independence Party20,1260.45000New
Party of Union and National Solidarity9,8100.22101New
Moroccan Workers' Union55–2
Democratic Confederation of Labour33New
General Union of Moroccan Workers22New
Total4,443,004100.00204102306+42
Valid votes4,443,00488.87
Invalid/blank votes556,64211.13
Total votes4,999,646100.00
Registered voters/turnout7,414,84667.43
Source: IPU, López García, Nohlen et al.

References

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  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