Moroccan constitutional referendum, 1972

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A constitutional referendum was held in Morocco on 1 March 1972.^[1] The new constitution replaced that approved by referendum in 1970, and was drawn up after an attempted coup in July 1971 forced King Hassan II to accept the need for a broader government (the previous constitution had limited directly elected seats to only 90 of the 240 in Parliament).^[2]

The constitution was approved by 98.8% of voters with a 93% turnout,^[3] and was promulgated on 10 March.^[1] Elections were scheduled for May. However, they were then indefinitely postponed, and did not take place until 1977.^[4]

Results

Choice	Votes	%
For	4,434,859	98.8
Against	55,737	1.2
Invalid/blank votes	29,276	−
Total	4,519,923	100
Registered voters/turnout	4,862,009	93.0
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

1 2 Historic overview of the Moroccan parliamentary experience Parliament of Morocco (French)
↑ History - Morocco Nations Encyclopedia
↑ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p632 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
↑ Morocco Inter-Parliamentary Union

Elections and referendums in Morocco

General elections	1947 1951 1956 1963 1970 1977 1984 1993 1997 2002 2007 2011 2016

Referendums	1962 1970 1972 1980 (23 May) 1980 (30 May) 1984 1989 1992 1995 1996 2011

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