Constitutional Union (Morocco)
Constitutional Union الاتحاد الدستوري ⴰⵍⵉⵜⵜⵉⴰⴷ ⴰⴷⴷⵓⵔⵜⵓⵔⵉ Union Constitutionelle | |
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| International affiliation | Liberal International |
| Regional affiliation | Africa Liberal Network Arab Liberal Federation |
| House of Representatives | 18 / 325 |
| Website | |
| Union Constitutionnelle | |
The Constitutional Union (
Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⴰⵍⵉⵜⵜⵉⴰⴷ ⴰⴷⴷⵓⵔⵜⵓⵔⵉ, romanized: Tamunt Tamenḍawant; French: Union constitutionelle) is a political party in Morocco aligned with the ruling monarchy. The party has a history of cooperating with two other parties with a liberal orientation, the National Rally of Independents and the Popular Movement
, since 1993.
History
The grouping was founded by then Prime Minister
1984 parliamentary election, it won the greatest number of seats, but remained far from an absolute majority. Later it became an ordinary party without a special role in Morocco's multi-party system.[11]
The party is a full member of Liberal International, which it joined at the latter's Dakar Congress in 2003.[12] Its electoral symbol is a horse.[13]
In the
parliamentary election held in November 2011, being the seventh party in the parliament.[14]
Electoral results
Moroccan Parliament
| House of Representatives | ||||||
| Election year | # of overall votes |
% of overall vote |
# of overall seats won |
+/– | Leader | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1984
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1,101,502 (#1) | 24.8 | 82 / 301
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–
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1993
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769,149 (#3) | 12.8 | 54 / 333
|
 29 |
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1997
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647,746 (#5) | 10.2 | 50 / 325
|
4 |
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2002
|
? (#7) | 4.9 | 16 / 325
|
34 |
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2007
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335,116 (#6) | 7.3 | 27 / 325
|
 11 |
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| 2011 | 275,137 (#7) | 5.8 | 23 / 395
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4 |
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| 2016 | (#7) | 19 / 395
|
4 |
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| 2021 | (#7) | 18 / 395
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1 |
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References
- ^ a b Thomas K. Park; Aomar Boum (2006), Historical Dictionary of Morocco, Scarecrow Press, p. 286
- ^ Gareth M. Winrow (2000), Dialogue With the Mediterranean: The Role of NATO's Mediterranean Initiative, Garland, p. 78
- ^ Hekking, Morgan (8 January 2020). "Moroccan Parliament Debates Bab Sebta Free Zone to Curb 'Mule Women'". Morocco World News. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
- ^ "Moroccan lawmaker shot dead outside Casablanca home". Reuters. 8 March 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ISBN 9781000293302.
- ^ A.H. Saulniers (2001), "Privatization in Morocco", Privatization: A global perspective, Routledge, p. 222
- ISBN 9780814766774.
- ^ James N. Sater (2007), Civil Society and Political Change in Morocco, Routledge, p. 86
- ^ "Moroccan Political Parties". Riad Reviews. Archived from the original on 16 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ^ "Organizations". Maroc. 18 April 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ^ Bernabé López García (2013), "Morocco: regime and fuse", Political Regimes in the Arab World: Society and the Exercise of Power, Routledge, p. 102
- ^ Entry on Constitutional Union Archived 6 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine Liberal International.
- ^ Park, Thomas K.; Boum, Aomar (2006), Historical Dictionary of Morocco, Scarecrow Press, p. 293
- ^ a b "Morocco". European Forum. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
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