2002 Moroccan general election
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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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General elections were held in
Campaign
The election took place under a revised voting system in which 325
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.[4] 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.[3] Poverty and unemployment, combined with the powers which the King had reserved to himself meant many people saw little reason to vote.[1][2]
The only
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.
Following the election King Mohammed VI appointed the interior minister Driss Jettou as prime minister[8] and a new government was formed with roughly the same political parties supporting the coalition as before the election.[9]
Party | Votes | % | Seats | |||||
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Local | National | Total | +/– | |||||
Socialist Union of Popular Forces | 718,725 | 11.88 | 45 | 5 | 50 | –7 | ||
Istiqlal Party | 598,226 | 9.89 | 44 | 4 | 48 | +16 | ||
Justice and Development Party | 595,439 | 9.84 | 38 | 4 | 42 | +33 | ||
National Rally of Independents | 561,514 | 9.28 | 37 | 4 | 41 | –5 | ||
Popular Movement | 396,932 | 6.56 | 25 | 2 | 27 | –13 | ||
National Popular Movement | 312,239 | 5.16 | 16 | 2 | 18 | –1 | ||
Constitutional Union | 310,939 | 5.14 | 14 | 2 | 16 | –34 | ||
Front of Democratic Forces | 296,288 | 4.90 | 10 | 2 | 12 | +3 | ||
National Democratic Party | 275,884 | 4.56 | 10 | 2 | 12 | +2 | ||
Party of Progress and Socialism | 275,024 | 4.55 | 9 | 2 | 11 | +2 | ||
Democratic Union | 244,558 | 4.04 | 9 | 1 | 10 | New | ||
Democratic Socialist Party | 179,131 | 2.96 | 6 | 0 | 6 | +1 | ||
Democratic and Social Movement | 163,546 | 2.70 | 7 | 0 | 7 | –25 | ||
Al-ʽAhd | 138,186 | 2.28 | 5 | 0 | 5 | New | ||
Alliance of Liberties | 131,796 | 2.18 | 4 | 0 | 4 | New | ||
National Ittihadi Congress | 120,330 | 1.99 | 1 | 0 | 1 | New | ||
Reform and Development Party | 110,633 | 1.83 | 3 | 0 | 3 | New | ||
Citizens' Forces | 104,247 | 1.72 | 2 | 0 | 2 | New | ||
Environment and Development Party | 90,609 | 1.50 | 2 | 0 | 2 | New | ||
Moroccan Liberal Party | 82,088 | 1.36 | 3 | 0 | 3 | New | ||
Party of the Unified Socialist Left | 81,985 | 1.35 | 3 | 0 | 3 | –1 | ||
Democratic Independence Party | 61,258 | 1.01 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | ||
Citizen Initiative for Development | 49,710 | 0.82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Party of Renewal and Equity | 39,483 | 0.65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Action Party | 28,563 | 0.47 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –2 | ||
Independents | 83,346 | 1.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New | ||
Total | 6,050,679 | 100.00 | 295 | 30 | 325 | 0 | ||
Valid votes | 6,050,679 | 84.45 | ||||||
Invalid/blank votes | 1,114,527 | 15.55 | ||||||
Total votes | 7,165,206 | 100.00 | ||||||
Registered voters/turnout | 13,884,467 | 51.61 | ||||||
Source: García |
References
- ^ a b c "Moroccan poll will test commitment to democracy". Financial Times. 27 September 2002. p. 13.
- ^ a b c Leicester, John (28 September 2002). "Moroccans to elect 30 female MPs". The Scotsman. p. 13.
- ^ a b c "MOROCCO: parliamentary elections Majliss-annouwab, 2002". Inter-Parliamentary Union. Retrieved 13 May 2009.
- ^ a b c d Tremlett, Giles (28 September 2002). "In brief: Islamists hold key to Moroccan elections: King relaxes reins to allow first step towards real democracy". The Guardian. p. 15.
- ^ Leicester, John (29 September 2002). "Moroccan fundamentalist party in election gains". Scotland on Sunday. p. 24.
- ^ a b Wilkinson, Isambard (30 September 2002). "Islamic upsurge in Morocco poll". The Daily Telegraph. p. 41.
- ^ "MOROCCO: parliamentary elections Majlis Nawab, 1997". Inter-Parliamentary Union. Retrieved 13 May 2009.
- ^ "Moroccan king names new Cabinet, no rep from Islamic party". Toronto Star. 8 November 2002. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012.
- ^ "Morocco unveils new coalition". BBC Online. 8 November 2002.