1984 Moroccan general election

1984 Moroccan general election

14 September 1984

306 seats in the House of Representatives 157 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– UC Maati Bouabid 24.79 83 New RNI Ahmed Osman 17.18 61 New MP Abdelkrim al-Khatib 15.54 47 +32 Istiqlal 15.33 41 −10 USFP Abderrahim Bouabid 12.39 36 +35 PND 8.92 24 New PPS Ali Yata 2.30 2 0 DPAO 0.74 1 New PUSN 0.22 1 New UMT – 5 −2 CDT – 3 New UGTM – 2 +2 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Mohammed Karim Lamrani Independent Mohammed Karim Lamrani Independent

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). 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%.

Results

Party		Direct election			Indirect election			Total seats	+/–
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	Constitutional Union	1,101,502	24.79	56			27	83	New
	National Rally of Independents	763,395	17.18	39			22	61	New
	Popular Movement	695,020	15.64	31			16	47	+32
	Istiqlal Party	681,083	15.33	24			17	41	–10
	Socialist Union of Popular Forces	550,291	12.39	35			1	36	+35
	National Democratic Party	396,370	8.92	15			9	24	New
	Party of Progress and Socialism	102,314	2.30	2			0	2	0
	Constitutional and Democratic Popular Movement	69,862	1.57	0			0	0	–44
	Democratic and Popular Action Organisation	32,766	0.74	1			0	1	New
	Action Party	20,465	0.46	0			0	0	–3
	Democratic Independence Party	20,126	0.45	0			0	0	New
	Party of Union and National Solidarity	9,810	0.22	1			0	1	New
	Moroccan Workers' Union						5	5	–2
	Democratic Confederation of Labour						3	3	New
	General Union of Moroccan Workers						2	2	New
Total		4,443,004	100.00	204			102	306	+42
Valid votes		4,443,004	88.87
Invalid/blank votes		556,642	11.13
Total votes		4,999,646	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		7,414,846	67.43
Source: IPU, López García, Nohlen et al.