1997 Moroccan general election
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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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
[edit]| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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| Socialist Union of Popular Forces | 884,061 | 13.87 | 57 | +5 | |
| Istiqlal Party | 840,315 | 13.19 | 32 | –20 | |
| National Rally of Independents | 705,397 | 11.07 | 46 | +6 | |
| Popular Movement | 659,331 | 10.35 | 40 | –11 | |
| Constitutional Union | 647,746 | 10.17 | 50 | –4 | |
| Democratic and Social Movement | 603,156 | 9.47 | 32 | New | |
| National Popular Movement | 431,651 | 6.77 | 19 | –6 | |
| Party of Renewal and Progress | 274,862 | 4.31 | 9 | –1 | |
| National Democratic Party | 270,425 | 4.24 | 10 | –14 | |
| Constitutional and Democratic Popular Movement | 264,324 | 4.15 | 9 | New | |
| Front of Democratic Forces | 243,275 | 3.82 | 9 | New | |
| Democratic Socialist Party | 188,520 | 2.96 | 5 | New | |
| Organisation for Democratic and Popular Action | 184,009 | 2.89 | 4 | +2 | |
| Action Party | 89,614 | 1.41 | 2 | 0 | |
| Democratic Independence Party | 76,176 | 1.20 | 1 | –8 | |
| Movement for Democracy | 8,768 | 0.14 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 6,371,630 | 100.00 | 325 | –7 | |
| Valid votes | 6,371,630 | 85.44 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 1,085,366 | 14.56 | |||
| Total votes | 7,456,996 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 12,790,631 | 58.30 | |||
| Source: Nohlen et al. | |||||
References
[edit]- ^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p635 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
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