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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)

Partyseats
Union constitutionnelle1st83
Rassemblement national des indépendants61
Mouvement populaire47
Parti de l'Istiqlal41
Union socialiste des forces populaires36
Parti national démocrate24
Other parties—14

These parties still sit in 2026