Parliamentary elections were held for the first time in Morocco on 17 May 1963. They followed the approval of a constitution in a referendum the previous year. The result was a victory for the pro-Monarchy Front for the Defence of Constitutional Institutions (FDIC), which won 69 seats. However, the two main opposition parties, the Istiqlal Party and the National Union of Popular Forces, won exactly the same number of seats.[1] Voter turnout was 71.8%.[2] However, in November the Supreme Court annulled the results of several seats won by the opposition. By-elections held in January 1964 gave the FDIC control of Parliament,[3] which was eventually dissolved by King Hassan II in 1965.
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Indirect elections to the House of Councillors were held on 12 October, with the FDIC winning 102 of the 120 seats.[4]
Electoral system
editThe 120 members of the House of Councillors were elected by three electoral colleges; members of provincial and prefectural assemblies elected 80 members, professional bodies elected 35 members (of which industrial workers elected 14, farmers elected 16 and craftsmen elected 5) and business councils elected five.[4]
Results
editHouse of Representatives
edit| Party | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front for the Defence of Constitutional Institutions | 1,159,932 | 34.78 | 69 | |
| Istiqlal Party | 1,000,506 | 30.00 | 41 | |
| National Union of Popular Forces | 751,056 | 22.52 | 28 | |
| Moroccan Communist Party | 2,345 | 0.07 | 0 | |
| Independents | 421,479 | 12.64 | 6 | |
| Total | 3,335,318 | 100.00 | 144 | |
| Valid votes | 3,335,318 | 96.72 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 113,221 | 3.28 | ||
| Total votes | 3,448,539 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,803,654 | 71.79 | ||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | ||||
House of Councillors
edit| Party | Assembly members | Industrial workers | Farmers | Craftspeople | Business councils | Total seats | |||||||||||
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| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| Front for the Defence of Constitutional Institutions | 74 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 102 | |||||||||||
| Istiqlal Party | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | |||||||||||
| General Union of Moroccan Workers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Others | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Independents | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Total | 80 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 120 | |||||||||||
| Valid votes | 9,525 | 96.20 | 239 | 92.28 | 206 | 87.29 | 184 | 90.20 | 1,345 | 86.55 | |||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 376 | 3.80 | 20 | 7.72 | 30 | 12.71 | 20 | 9.80 | 209 | 13.45 | |||||||
| Total | 9,901 | 100 | 259 | 100 | 236 | 100 | 204 | 100 | 1,554 | 100 | |||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 11,610 | 85.28 | 281 | 92.17 | 312 | 75.64 | 225 | 90.67 | 3,188 | 48.75 | |||||||
| Source: Sternberger et al. | |||||||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ Maghraoui, AM Democratization in the Arab World?: Depoliticization in Morocco[permanent dead link] Journal of Democracy, Volume 13, Number 4 October 2002
- ^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p634 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
- ^ Ketterer, JP From one chamber to two: The case of Morocco Archived 2017-08-12 at the Wayback Machine Journal of Legislative Studies, Spring 2001, vol. 7, no. 1, pp.135-150
- ^ a b Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p1315