1984 Moroccan general election
Parliamentary elections were held in Morocco on 14 September 1984, having originally been scheduled for September 1983, but postponed due to issues over the future of Western Sahara. The number of directly elected seats increased from 176 to 199, whilst the number of indirectly elected seats rose from 88 to 102 (60 elected by local councillors, 32 by professional bodies and 10 by workers' organisations).[1] The indirectly elected seats were chosen on 2 October.
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Twelve parties and 1,333 candidates contested the election. The result was a victory for the Constitutional Union, which won 82 of the 301 seats. Voter turnout was 67.4%.[2]
Results
| Party | Direct election | Indirect election | Total seats | +/– | |||||
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| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
| Constitutional Union | 1,101,502 | 24.79 | 56 | 27 | 83 | New | |||
| National Rally of Independents | 763,395 | 17.18 | 39 | 22 | 61 | New | |||
| Popular Movement | 695,020 | 15.64 | 31 | 16 | 47 | +32 | |||
| Istiqlal Party | 681,083 | 15.33 | 24 | 17 | 41 | –10 | |||
| Socialist Union of Popular Forces | 550,291 | 12.39 | 35 | 1 | 36 | +35 | |||
| National Democratic Party | 396,370 | 8.92 | 15 | 9 | 24 | New | |||
| Party of Progress and Socialism | 102,314 | 2.30 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Constitutional and Democratic Popular Movement | 69,862 | 1.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –44 | |||
| Democratic and Popular Action Organisation | 32,766 | 0.74 | 1 | 0 | 1 | New | |||
| Action Party | 20,465 | 0.46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –3 | |||
| Democratic Independence Party | 20,126 | 0.45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | |||
| Party of Union and National Solidarity | 9,810 | 0.22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | New | |||
| Moroccan Workers' Union | 5 | 5 | –2 | ||||||
| Democratic Confederation of Labour | 3 | 3 | New | ||||||
| General Union of Moroccan Workers | 2 | 2 | New | ||||||
| Total | 4,443,004 | 100.00 | 204 | 102 | 306 | +42 | |||
| Valid votes | 4,443,004 | 88.87 | |||||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 556,642 | 11.13 | |||||||
| Total votes | 4,999,646 | 100.00 | |||||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 7,414,846 | 67.43 | |||||||
| Source: IPU, López García, Nohlen et al. | |||||||||
References
- Morocco Inter-Parliamentary Union
- Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p54 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
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