Moroccan general election, 1997

Moroccan parliamentary election, 1997

14 November 1997

All 325 seats to the Assembly of Representatives of Morocco 163 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Leader Abderrahmane Youssoufi Maati Bouabid Ahmed Osman Party USFP Constitutional Union RNI Last election 52 54 40 Seats won 57 50 46 Seat change 5 4 6 Popular vote 884,061 647,746 705,397 Percentage 13.9% 10.2% 11.1% Swing 0.7% 2.6% 2.1%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Mohand Laenser M'Hamed Boucetta Party Popular Movement Istiqlal Last election 51 52 Seats won 40 32 Seat change 11 20 Popular vote 659,331 840,315 Percentage 10.3% 13.8% Swing 1.8% 0.6%

Prime Minister before election Abdellatif Filali Independent Elected Prime Minister Abderrahmane Youssoufi USFP

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]

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
Socialist Union of Popular Forces	884,061	13.9	57	+5
Istiqlal Party	840,315	13.8	32	-20
National Rally of Independents	705,397	11.1	46	+6
People's Movement	659,331	10.3	40	-11
Constitutional Union	647,746	10.2	50	-4
Democratic and Social Movement	603,156	9.5	32	New
National Popular Movement	431,651	6.8	19	-6
Party of Renewal and Progress	274,862	4.3	9	New
National Democratic Party	270,425	4.2	10	-14
Constitutional and Democratic Popular Movement	264,324	4.1	9	New
Front of Democratic Forces	243,275	3.8	9	New
Democratic Socialist Party	188,520	3.0	5	New
Organisation for Democratic and Popular Action	184,009	2.9	4	+2
Action Party	89,614	1.4	2	0
Democratic Independence Party	76,176	1.2	1	-8
Movement for Democracy	8,768	0.1	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	1,085,366	-	-	-
Total	7,456,996	100	325	-7
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

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