2002 Moroccan general election

none October 2019 2002 Moroccan general election Morocco 1997 2007 27 September 2002 325 seats in the House of Representatives 163 51.61% ( 6.69pp) no Socialist Union of Popular Forces Abderrahmane Youssoufi 11.88 50 57 Istiqlal Party Abbas El Fassi 9.89 48 32 Justice and Development Party (Morocco) Abdelkrim al-Khatib 9.84 42 new National Rally of Independents Ahmed Osman 9.28 41 46 Popular Movement (Morocco) Mohand Laenser 6.56 27 40 MNP National Popular Movement Mahjoubi Aherndane 5.16 18 19 Constitutional Union (Morocco) Mohamed Abied 5.14 16 50 FFD Front of Democratic Forces Thami Khiari 4.90 12 9 PND National Democratic Party (Morocco) Abdellah Elkadiri 4.56 12 10 PPS Party of Progress and Socialism Ismail Alaoui 4.55 11 9 Democratic Union #3F48CC 4.04 10 new PSD Democratic Socialist Party (Morocco) Aissa Ouardighi 2.96 6 5 MDS Democratic and Social Movement (Morocco) Mahmoud Archane 2.70 7 32 Al-ʽAhd Al-ʽAhd (Morocco) 2.28 5 new Alliance of Liberties Alliance of Liberties 2.18 4 9 PCNI National Ittihadi Congress 1.99 1 new PRD Reform and Development Party (Morocco) Abderrahman El Kuhen 1.83 3 new Citizens' Forces Citizens' Forces Abderrahim Lahyuyi 1.72 2 new PED Environment and Development Party Ahmed Alami 1.50 2 new Liberal Moroccan Liberal Party Mohammed Ziane 1.36 3 new PSUG Unified Socialist Party (Morocco) 1.35 3 new PDI Democratic Independence Party Abdelwahed Maach Maach 1.01 2 1 Prime Minister Abderrahmane Youssoufi Socialist Union of Popular Forces Driss Jettou Independent politician General elections were held in Morocco on 27 September 2002. The elections were the first since King Mohammed VI of Morocco had come to the throne in 1999 and international observers saw it as a test of his commitment to democracy. Moroccan poll will test commitment to democracy Financial Times 13 27 September 2002 The election saw an Islamist party, while the Justice and Development Party made strong gains but the outgoing government kept a majority in the Assembly of Representatives. Campaign The election took place under a revised voting system in which 325 deputies were elected from 91 constituencies. The new rules guaranteed women would be at least 10% of the Assembly of Representatives by reserving 30 seats for them. John Leicester Moroccans to elect 30 female MPs The Scotsman 13 28 September 2002 In total 5,865 candidates from 26 political parties and 5 lists of independents stood in the election including 965 female candidates. http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2221_02.htm MOROCCO: parliamentary elections Majliss-annouwab, 2002 13 May 2009 Inter-Parliamentary Union With many voters illiterate, each party had different symbols such as a car, alarm clock, horse, wasp or lamp which were printed on the ballot paper for voters to select. Giles Tremlett In brief: Islamists hold key to Moroccan elections: King relaxes reins to allow first step towards real democracy The Guardian 15 28 September 2002 Even the prime minister, Abderrahmane Youssoufi, agreed that previous elections in Morocco had been rigged but the new King Mohammed VI had pledged that this election should be kept free. Indeed, observers at polling stations reported that the election was much cleaner than previous elections. The campaign itself was low key with a low turnout expected. Issues raised in the campaign included rising prices, a salary freeze, economic stability and improvements in education and public health. Poverty and unemployment, combined with the powers which the King had reserved to himself meant many people saw little reason to vote. The only Islamist party to stand in the election, the Justice and Development Party, did not stand in all of the seats to ensure it would not provoke violence such as had occurred in neighbouring Algeria after the 1991 election. They supported the introduction of Islamic law but pledged to work within the existing political system. John Leicester Moroccan fundamentalist party in election gains Scotland on Sunday 24 29 September 2002 The banned Islamist group Al Adl Wa Al Ihssane was seen as being the popular group in the country but called on supporters to boycott the election as they said it would achieve nothing. Results The results saw the Justice and Development Party make strong gains and over doubled its vote share to become the third largest party in parliament. Isambard Wilkinson Islamic upsurge in Morocco poll The Daily Telegraph 41 30 September 2002 However the parties that made up the previous coalition kept a strong majority in the legislature with the Socialist Union of Popular Forces remaining the largest party. Women won 35 seats in the legislature, a big increase from the two who had been elected in the 1997 election. http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2221_97.htm MOROCCO: parliamentary elections Majlis Nawab, 1997 13 May 2009 Inter-Parliamentary Union Following the election King Mohammed VI appointed the interior minister Driss Jettou as prime minister http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2002/11/8/latest/8614Moroccank&sec=latest Moroccan king names new Cabinet, no rep from Islamic party 8 November 2002 Toronto Star https://web.archive.org/web/20121008190046/http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2002%2F11%2F8%2Flatest%2F8614Moroccank&sec=latest 8 October 2012 dead dmy-all and a new government was formed with roughly the same political parties supporting the coalition as before the election. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2419585.stm Morocco unveils new coalition 8 November 2002 BBC Online Local National Total +/– Socialist Union of Popular Forces 718725 45 5 50 –7 Istiqlal Party 598226 44 4 48 +16 Justice and Development Party 595439 38 4 42 +33 National Rally of Independents 561514 37 4 41 –5 Popular Movement 396932 25 2 27 –13 National Popular Movement 312239 16 2 18 –1 Constitutional Union 310939 14 2 16 –34 Front of Democratic Forces 296288 10 2 12 +3 National Democratic Party 275884 10 2 12 +2 Party of Progress and Socialism 275024 9 2 11 +2 Democratic Union 244558 9 1 10 New #3F48CC Democratic Socialist Party 179131 6 0 6 +1 Democratic and Social Movement 163546 7 0 7 –25 Al-ʽAhd 138186 5 0 5 New Alliance of Liberties 131796 4 0 4 New National Ittihadi Congress 120330 1 0 1 New Reform and Development Party 110633 3 0 3 New Citizens' Forces 104247 2 0 2 New Environment and Development Party 90609 2 0 2 New Moroccan Liberal Party 82088 3 0 3 New Party of the Unified Socialist Left 81985 3 0 3 –1 Democratic Independence Party 61258 2 0 2 +1 Citizen Initiative for Development 49710 0 0 0 New Party of Renewal and Equity 39483 0 0 0 New Action Party 28563 0 0 0 –2 Independents 83346 0 0 0 New 1114527 295 30 325 0 13884467 García References collapsed Morocco Category:Elections in Morocco General election Moroccan general election