1997 Moroccan general election

1997 election in Morocco 1997 Moroccan general election Morocco 1993 2002 14 November 1997 325 seats in the House of Representatives 163 58.30% ( 4.45pp) no Socialist Union of Popular Forces Abderrahmane Youssoufi 13.9 57 52 Istiqlal Party M'hamed Boucetta 13.8 32 52 National Rally of Independents Ahmed Osman 11.1 46 41 Popular Movement (Morocco) Mohand Laenser 10.3 40 51 Constitutional Union (Morocco) Maati Bouabid 10.2 50 54 MDS Democratic and Social Movement (Morocco) 9.5 32 new MNP National Popular Movement 6.8 19 25 PRP Party of Progress and Socialism Ismaïl Alaoui 4.3 9 10 PND National Democratic Party (Morocco) 4.2 10 24 CDPM Constitutional and Democratic Popular Movement 4.1 9 new FFD Front of Democratic Forces 3.8 9 new PSD Democratic Socialist Party (Morocco) 3.0 5 new ODPA Organisation for Democratic and Popular Action 2.9 4 2 Action Party Action Party (Morocco) 1.4 2 2 PDI Democratic Independence Party 1.2 1 9 Prime Minister Abdellatif Filali Independent politician Abderrahmane Youssoufi Socialist Union of Popular Forces Parliamentary elections were held in Morocco on 14 November 1997. The result was a victory for the Socialist Union of Popular Forces, which won 57 of the 319 seats in the Assembly of Representatives. Voter turnout was 58.3%.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p635 0-19-829645-2 Results Socialist Union of Popular Forces 884061 57 +5 Istiqlal Party 840315 32 –20 National Rally of Independents 705397 46 +6 Popular Movement 659331 40 –11 Constitutional Union 647746 50 –4 Democratic and Social Movement 603156 32 New National Popular Movement 431651 19 –6 Party of Renewal and Progress 274862 9 –1 National Democratic Party 270425 10 –14 Constitutional and Democratic Popular Movement 264324 9 New Front of Democratic Forces 243275 9 New Democratic Socialist Party 188520 5 New Organisation for Democratic and Popular Action 184009 4 +2 Action Party 89614 2 0 Democratic Independence Party 76176 1 –8 Movement for Democracy 8768 0 New 1085366 12790631 –7 Nohlen et al. References Morocco Category:Elections in Morocco Category:1997 in Morocco Category:November 1997 in Africa