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Brand-new Constitutional Union sweeps the vote
From the politics desk — 14 September 1984
Founded only months earlier by Maati Bouabid, the Constitutional Union won 83 of 306 seats on 14 September 1984.
- Date
- 14 September 1984
- Chamber
- 306 seats
- Turnout
- 67.4%
- Registered
- 7,414,846
- Reign
- Hassan II
- Prime minister
- Mohammed Karim Lamrani (IND)
Twelve parties and 1,333 candidates contested with no major boycott; the opposition USFP gained 21 seats. Technocrat Karim Lamrani formed a UC–RNI–MP government. The election, originally planned for 1983, had been postponed over Western Sahara tensions.
Turnout through time
- 196371.8%
- 197085.3%
- 197782.4%
- 198467.4%
- 199362.8%
- 199758.3%
- 200251.6%
- 200737.0%
- 201145.4%
- 201642.3%
- 202150.2%
- 202638.1%
- This election
The results
Absolute majority (157 seats)
| Party | Share | seats |
|---|---|---|
| Union constitutionnelle1st | 24.8% | 83 |
| Rassemblement national des indépendants | — | 61 |
| Mouvement populaire | — | 47 |
| Parti de l'Istiqlal | — | 41 |
| Union socialiste des forces populaires | — | 36 |
| Parti national démocrate | — | 24 |
| Other parties | — | 14 |