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

14 November 1997

325 seats in the House of Representatives
163 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats ±
USFP Abderrahmane Youssoufi 13.9 57 +5
Constitutional Union Maati Bouabid 10.2 50 -4
RNI Ahmed Osman 11.1 46 +5
Popular Movement Mohand Laenser 10.3 40 -11
Istiqlal M'hamed Boucetta 13.8 32 -20
MDS 9.5 32 New
MNP 6.8 19 -6
PND 4.2 10 -14
PPS Ismaïl Alaoui 4.3 9 -1
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
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Results

Party Votes % Seats +/-
Socialist Union of Popular Forces884,06113.957+5
Istiqlal Party840,31513.832-20
National Rally of Independents705,39711.146+6
People's Movement659,33110.340-11
Constitutional Union647,74610.250-4
Democratic and Social Movement603,1569.532New
National Popular Movement431,6516.819-6
Party of Renewal and Progress274,8624.39-1
National Democratic Party270,4254.210-14
Constitutional and Democratic Popular Movement264,3244.19New
Front of Democratic Forces243,2753.89New
Democratic Socialist Party188,5203.05New
Organisation for Democratic and Popular Action184,0092.94+2
Action Party89,6141.420
Democratic Independence Party76,1761.21-8
Movement for Democracy8,7680.10New
Invalid/blank votes1,085,366---
Total7,456,996100325-7
Source: Nohlen et al.
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References

  1. Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p635 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
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