1984 Moroccan general election

1984 Moroccan general election
	306 seats in the House of Representatives; 157 seats needed for a majority
Mohammed Karim Lamrani; Independent	Mohammed Karim Lamrani; Independent

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.

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	+/–
Party		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Total 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
		69,862	1.57	0			0	0	–44
		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
		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

[IPU-1] Morocco Inter-Parliamentary Union

[2] Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p54 ISBN 0-19-829645-2

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