Election Name: | 1993 Moroccan general election |
Country: | Morocco |
Previous Election: | 1984 |
Next Election: | 1997 |
Election Date: | 25 June 1993 |
Seats For Election: | 333 seats in the House of Representatives |
Majority Seats: | 167 |
Party1: | National Rally of Independents |
Percentage1: | 13.24 |
Seats1: | 41 |
Last Election1: | 60 |
Party2: | Socialist Union of Popular Forces |
Percentage2: | 13.19 |
Seats2: | 52 |
Last Election2: | 35 |
Party3: | Constitutional Union (Morocco) |
Leader3: | Maati Bouabid |
Percentage3: | 12.84 |
Seats3: | 54 |
Last Election3: | 82 |
Party4: | Istiqlal Party |
Percentage4: | 12.22 |
Seats4: | 52 |
Last Election4: | 40 |
Party5: | Popular Movement (Morocco) |
Leader5: | Mohand Laenser |
Percentage5: | 12.08 |
Seats5: | 51 |
Last Election5: | 47 |
Party6: | MNP |
Colour6: |
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Percentage6: | 10.64 |
Seats6: | 25 |
Last Election6: | new |
Party7: | PND |
Colour7: |
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Percentage7: | 8.04 |
Seats7: | 24 |
Last Election7: | 24 |
Party8: | PDI |
Colour8: |
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Percentage8: | 4.14 |
Seats8: | 9 |
Last Election8: | new |
Party9: | PPS |
Colour9: |
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Leader9: | Ali Yata |
Percentage9: | 3.94 |
Seats9: | 10 |
Last Election9: | 2 |
Party10: | ODPA |
Colour10: |
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Percentage10: | 3.15 |
Seats10: | 2 |
Last Election10: | 1 |
Party11: | Action Party |
Colour11: |
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Percentage11: | 2.35 |
Seats11: | 2 |
Last Election11: | 0 |
Party12: | CDT |
Colour12: |
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Percentage12: | – |
Seats12: | 4 |
Last Election12: | 3 |
Party13: | UMT |
Colour13: |
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Percentage13: | – |
Seats13: | 3 |
Last Election13: | 5 |
Party14: | Independent politician |
Percentage14: | 4.17 |
Seats14: | 4 |
Last Election14: | 0 |
Prime Minister | |
Before Election: | Mohammed Karim Lamrani |
Before Party: | Independent politician |
After Election: | Mohammed Karim Lamrani |
After Party: | Independent politician |
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).[1] The indirectly elected seats were chosen on 17 September.[2]
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%.[3] For the first time, women were elected, with Latifa Bennani-Smires and Badia Skalli becoming the first female members of the House of Representatives.[4]