1993 Moroccan general election

1993 Moroccan general election

25 June 1993

333 seats in the House of Representatives 167 seats needed for a majority

Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– RNI 13.24 41 −19 USFP 13.19 52 +17 UC Maati Bouabid 12.84 54 −28 Istiqlal 12.22 52 +12 MP Mohand Laenser 12.08 51 +4 MNP 10.64 25 New PND 8.04 24 0 PDI 4.14 9 New PPS Ali Yata 3.94 10 +8 ODPA 3.15 2 +1 Action Party 2.35 2 +2 CDT – 4 +1 UMT – 3 −2 Independent 4.17 4 +4 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 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). The indirectly elected seats were chosen on 17 September.

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%. For the first time, women were elected, with Latifa Bennani-Smires and Badia Skalli becoming the first female members of the House of Representatives.

Results

Party		Direct election			Indirect election			Total seats	+/–
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	National Rally of Independents	824,117	13.24	28			13	41	–19
	Socialist Union of Popular Forces	820,641	13.19	48			4	52	+17
	Constitutional Union	799,149	12.84	27			27	54	–28
	Istiqlal Party	760,082	12.22	43			9	52	+12
	Popular Movement	751,864	12.08	33			18	51	+4
	National Popular Movement	662,214	10.64	14			11	25	New
	National Democratic Party	500,253	8.04	14			10	24	0
	Democratic Independence Party	257,372	4.14	3			6	9	New
	Party of Progress and Socialism	245,064	3.94	6			4	10	+8
	Organisation for Democratic and Popular Action	196,268	3.15	2			0	2	+1
	Action Party	145,981	2.35	2			0	2	+2
	Democratic Confederation of Labour						4	4	+1
	Moroccan Workers' Union						3	3	–2
	Independents	259,213	4.17	2			2	4	+4
Total		6,222,218	100.00	222			111	333	+27
Valid votes		6,222,218	86.98
Invalid/blank votes		930,993	13.02
Total votes		7,153,211	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		11,398,987	62.75
Source: Nohlen et al., López García