1993 Moroccan general election

1993 election in Morocco 1993 Moroccan general election Morocco 1984 1997 25 June 1993 333 seats in the House of Representatives 167 62.75% ( 4.68pp) National Rally of Independents Ahmed Osman 13.24 41 60 Socialist Union of Popular Forces Abderrahmane Youssoufi 13.19 52 35 Constitutional Union (Morocco) Maati Bouabid 12.84 54 82 Istiqlal Party M'hamed Boucetta 12.22 52 40 Popular Movement (Morocco) Mohand Laenser 12.08 51 47 MNP #FB0242 10.64 25 new PND #B1834F 8.04 24 24 PDI #AE872A 4.14 9 new PPS #849DAA Ali Yata 3.94 10 2 ODPA #FFF185 3.15 2 1 Action Party #CE3305 2.35 2 0 CDT #020202 Noubir Amaoui – 4 3 UMT #0160B2 Mahjoub Ben Seddik fr – 3 5 Independent politician 4.17 4 0 Prime Minister Mohammed Karim Lamrani Independent politician Mohammed Karim Lamrani Independent politician Parliamentary elections were held in Morocco on 25 June 1993, having originally been scheduled for October 1990, but postponed due to issues over the future of Western Sahara and a referendum on a new constitution, which took place in 1992. The number of directly elected seats increased from 204 to 222, whilst the number of indirectly elected seats rose from 102 to 111 (69 elected by Communal Councils, 15 by the Chamber of Agriculture, 10 by the Chamber of Commerce & Industry, 7 by the Chamber of Craftspeople and 10 by the Chamber of Labor Unions).Morocco: Parliamentary Chamber: Majliss-annouwab: Elections held in 1993 Inter-Parliamentary Union The indirectly elected seats were chosen on 17 September.Morocco Direct Legislative Elections Monitoring/Observation Report, June 25, 1993 https://web.archive.org/web/20110616183810/http://www.ifes.org/Content/Publications/Reports/1993/Morocco-Direct-Legislative-Elections-MonitoringObservation-Report-June-25-1993.aspx June 16, 2011 IFES Eleven parties and 2,042 candidates (including 167 independents) contested the election. The result was a victory for the Socialist Union of Popular Forces, which won 48 of the elected seats. Voter turnout was 62.7%.Nohlen, D, Krennerich, M & Thibaut, B (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p635 0-19-829645-2 For the first time, women were elected, with Latifa Bennani-Smires and Badia Skalli becoming the first female members of the House of Representatives.Susan Franceschet, Mona Lena Krook & Jennifer M. Piscopo (2012) The Impact of Gender Quotas p86 Results File:Morocco House of Representatives 1993.svg Direct election Indirect election National Rally of Independents 824117 28 13 41 –19 Socialist Union of Popular Forces 820641 48 4 52 +17 Constitutional Union 799149 27 27 54 –28 Istiqlal Party 760082 43 9 52 +12 Popular Movement 751864 33 18 51 +4 National Popular Movement 662214 14 11 25 New National Democratic Party 500253 14 10 24 0 Democratic Independence Party 257372 3 6 9 New Party of Progress and Socialism 245064 6 4 10 +8 Organisation for Democratic and Popular Action 196268 2 0 2 +1 Action Party 145981 2 0 2 +2 Democratic Confederation of Labour 4 4 +1 Moroccan Workers' Union 3 3 –2 Independents 259213 2 2 4 +4 930993 11398987 +27 Nohlen et al., López García, IPU References Morocco Category:1993 in Morocco Category:Elections in Morocco Category:June 1993 in Africa Category:Election and referendum articles with incomplete results