1963 Moroccan general election

1963 election in Morocco Morocco 1970 17 May 1963 1963 Moroccan general election 144 seats in the House of Representatives120 seats in the House of Councillors yes no House of Representatives FDIC Front for the Defence of Constitutional Institutions Ahmed Bahnini 34.8 69 Istiqlal Party Allal al-Fassi 30.0 41 UNFP National Union of Popular Forces Mehdi Ben Barka 22.5 28 Independent politician 12.6 6 House of Councillors FDIC #FFD700 Ahmed Bahnini 102 Istiqlal Party Allal al-Fassi 9 UGTM 3 Other parties #C0C0C0 2 Independent politician 4 Prime Minister Ahmed Bahnini FDIC Parliamentary elections were held for the first time in Morocco on 17 May 1963. They followed the approval of a constitution in a referendum the previous year. The result was a victory for the pro-Monarchy Front for the Defence of Constitutional Institutions (FDIC), which won 69 seats. However, the two main opposition parties, the Istiqlal Party and the National Union of Popular Forces, won exactly the same number of seats.Maghraoui, AM Democratization in the Arab World?: Depoliticization in Morocco https://web.archive.org/web/20110720040246/http://web.rollins.edu/~dboniface/classes/pol205/Maghraoui2.pdf 2011-07-20 Journal of Democracy, Volume 13, Number 4 October 2002 Voter turnout was 71.8%.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p634 0-19-829645-2 However, in November the Supreme Court annulled the results of several seats won by the opposition. By-elections held in January 1964 gave the FDIC control of Parliament,Ketterer, JP From one chamber to two: The case of Morocco https://web.archive.org/web/20170812135025/http://cid.suny.edu/publications1/Ketterer 2017-08-12 Journal of Legislative Studies, Spring 2001, vol. 7, no. 1, pp.135-150 which was eventually dissolved by King Hassan II in 1965. Indirect elections to the House of Councillors were held on 12 October, with the FDIC winning 102 of the 120 seats.Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p1315 Electoral system The 120 members of the House of Councillors were elected by three electoral colleges; members of provincial and prefectural assemblies elected 80 members, professional bodies elected 35 members (of which industrial workers elected 14, farmers elected 16 and craftsmen elected 5) and business councils elected five. Results House of Representatives Front for the Defence of Constitutional Institutions 1159932 69 Istiqlal Party 1000506 41 National Union of Popular Forces 751056 28 Moroccan Communist Party 2345 0 Independents 421479 6 113221 0 4803654 Nohlen et al. House of Councillors PartyAssembly membersIndustrial workersFarmersCraftspeopleBusiness councilsTotalseatsVotes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%Seats Front for the Defence of Constitutional Institutions 74 9 16 3 0102 Istiqlal Party 3 4 0 2 09 General Union of Moroccan Workers 0 0 0 0 33 Others 0 0 0 0 22 Independents 3 1 0 0 04Total 80 14 16 5 5120Valid votes9,52596.20 23992.28 20687.29 18490.20 1,34586.55Invalid/blank votes3763.80 207.72 3012.71 209.80 20913.45 Total9,901100 259100 236100 204100 1,554100Registered voters/turnout11,61085.28 28192.17 31275.64 22590.67 3,18848.75Source: Sternberger et al. References Morocco Category:1963 in Morocco Category:Elections in Morocco Category:May 1963 in Africa