1997 Moroccan general election

1997 Moroccan parliamentary election

14 November 1997
All 325 seats to the Assembly of Representatives of Morocco 163 seats were needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Abderrahmane Youssoufi Maati Bouabid Ahmed Osman Party USFP UC RNI Last election 52 54 40 Seats won 57 50 46 Seat change 5 4 6 Popular vote 884,061 647,746 705,397 Percentage 13.9% 10.2% 11.1% Swing 0.7% 2.6% 2.1%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Mohand Laenser M'Hamed Boucetta Party MP Istiqlal Last election 51 52 Seats won 40 32 Seat change 11 20 Popular vote 659,331 840,315 Percentage 10.3% 13.8% Swing 1.8% 0.6%
Prime Minister before election Abdellatif Filali Independent Elected Prime Minister Abderrahmane Youssoufi USFP

Parliamentary elections were held in Morocco on 14 November 1997. The result was a victory for the Socialist Union of Popular Forces, which won 57 of the 319 seats in the Assembly of Representatives. Voter turnout was 58.3%.

Results

Party	Votes	%	Seats	+/-
Socialist Union of Popular Forces	884,061	13.9	57	+5
Istiqlal Party	840,315	13.8	32	-20
National Rally of Independents	705,397	11.1	46	+6
People's Movement	659,331	10.3	40	-11
Constitutional Union	647,746	10.2	50	-4
Democratic and Social Movement	603,156	9.5	32	New
National Popular Movement	431,651	6.8	19	-6
Party of Renewal and Progress	274,862	4.3	9	-1
National Democratic Party	270,425	4.2	10	-14
Constitutional and Democratic Popular Movement	264,324	4.1	9	New
Front of Democratic Forces	243,275	3.8	9	New
Democratic Socialist Party	188,520	3.0	5	New
Organisation for Democratic and Popular Action	184,009	2.9	4	+2
Action Party	89,614	1.4	2	0
Democratic Independence Party	76,176	1.2	1	-8
Movement for Democracy	8,768	0.1	0	New
Invalid/blank votes	1,085,366	-	-	-
Total	7,456,996	100	325	-7
Source: Nohlen et al.