Parliamentary elections were held in Morocco on 25 June 1993, having originally been scheduled for October 1990, but postponed due to issues over the future of Western Sahara and a referendum on a new constitution, which took place in 1992. The number of directly elected seats increased from 204 to 222, whilst the number of indirectly elected seats rose from 102 to 111 (69 elected by Communal Councils, 15 by the Chamber of Agriculture, 10 by the Chamber of Commerce & Industry, 7 by the Chamber of Craftspeople and 10 by the Chamber of Labor Unions).[1][2] The indirectly elected seats were chosen on 17 September.[2]
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333 seats in the House of Representatives 167 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Eleven parties and 2,042 candidates (including 167 independents) contested the election. The result was a victory for the Socialist Union of Popular Forces, which won 48 of the elected seats. Voter turnout was 62.7%.[3] For the first time, women were elected, with Latifa Bennani-Smires and Badia Skalli becoming the first female members of the House of Representatives.[4]
Results
edit| Party | Direct election | Indirect election | Total seats | +/– | |||||
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| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
| National Rally of Independents | 824,117 | 13.24 | 28 | 13 | 41 | –19 | |||
| Socialist Union of Popular Forces | 820,641 | 13.19 | 48 | 4 | 52 | +17 | |||
| Constitutional Union | 799,149 | 12.84 | 27 | 27 | 54 | –28 | |||
| Istiqlal Party | 760,082 | 12.22 | 43 | 9 | 52 | +12 | |||
| Popular Movement | 751,864 | 12.08 | 33 | 18 | 51 | +4 | |||
| National Popular Movement | 662,214 | 10.64 | 14 | 11 | 25 | New | |||
| National Democratic Party | 500,253 | 8.04 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 0 | |||
| Democratic Independence Party | 257,372 | 4.14 | 3 | 6 | 9 | New | |||
| Party of Progress and Socialism | 245,064 | 3.94 | 6 | 4 | 10 | +8 | |||
| Organisation for Democratic and Popular Action | 196,268 | 3.15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | |||
| Action Party | 145,981 | 2.35 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | |||
| Democratic Confederation of Labour | 4 | 4 | +1 | ||||||
| Moroccan Workers' Union | 3 | 3 | –2 | ||||||
| Independents | 259,213 | 4.17 | 2 | 2 | 4 | +4 | |||
| Total | 6,222,218 | 100.00 | 222 | 111 | 333 | +27 | |||
| Valid votes | 6,222,218 | 86.98 | |||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 930,993 | 13.02 | |||||||
| Total votes | 7,153,211 | 100.00 | |||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 11,398,987 | 62.75 | |||||||
| Source: Nohlen et al., López García | |||||||||
References
edit- ^ Morocco: Parliamentary Chamber: Majliss-annouwab: Elections held in 1993 Inter-Parliamentary Union
- ^ a b Morocco Direct Legislative Elections Monitoring/Observation Report, June 25, 1993 Archived June 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine IFES
- ^ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p635 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
- ^ Susan Franceschet, Mona Lena Krook & Jennifer M. Piscopo (2012) The Impact of Gender Quotas p86