Moroccan parliamentary election, 1984

Moroccan parliamentary election, 1984

1977 ← 14 September 1984 → 1993

All 301 seats to the Assembly of Representatives of Morocco 151 seats were needed for a majority   First party Second party Third party   Party Constitutional Union (Morocco) National Rally of Independents Popular Movement Last election - - 15 Seats won 82 60 47 Seat change 82 60 32 Popular vote 1,101,502 763,395 695,020 Percentage 24.79% 17.18% 15.54% Swing 24.79% 17.18% 0.9%

Prime Minister before election Mohammed Karim Lamrani Independent Elected Prime Minister Mohammed Karim Lamrani Independent

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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	+/-
	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
Constitutional Union	1,101,502	24.79	55			27	82	New
National Rally of Independents	763,395	17.18	38			22	60	New
Popular Movement	695,020	15.54	31			16	47	+32
Istiqlal Party	681,083	15.33	23			17	40	-11
Socialist Union of Popular Forces	550,291	12.39	34			1	35	+34
National Democratic Party	396,370	8.92	15			9	24	New
Party of Progress and Socialism	102,314	2.8	2			0	2	0
Constitutional and Democratic Popular Movement	69,862	1.6	0			0	0	-44
Democratic and Popular Action Organisation	32,766	0.7	1			0	1	New
Action Party	20,126	0.5	0			0	0	-3
Democratic Independence Party	20,126	0.5	0			0	0	New
PNUS-PCS	9,810	0.2	0			0	0	New
Moroccan Workers' Union	-	-	-			5	5	-2
Democratic Confederation of Labour	-	-	-			3	3	New
General Union of Moroccan Workers	-	-	-			2	2	New
Invalid/blank votes	556,642	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	4,999,646	100	199			102	301	+37
Sources: IPU, Nohlen et al

References

1. ^ Morocco Inter-Parliamentary Union
2. ^ Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p54 ISBN 0198296452