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1963 Moroccan general election

1963 election in Morocco

Field	Value
country	Morocco
next_election	1970
election_date	17 May 1963
election_name	1963 Moroccan general election
seats_for_election	144 seats in the House of Representatives
120 seats in the House of Councillors
first_election	yes
ongoing	no
heading1	House of Representatives
party1	FDIC
colour1
leader1	Ahmed Bahnini
percentage1	34.8
seats1	69
party2	Istiqlal Party
leader2	Allal al-Fassi
percentage2	30.0
seats2	41
party3	UNFP
colour3
leader3	Mehdi Ben Barka
percentage3	22.5
seats3	28
party4	Independent politician
percentage4	12.6
seats4	6
heading5	House of Councillors
party5	FDIC
colour5	#FFD700
leader5	Ahmed Bahnini
seats5	102
party6	Istiqlal Party
leader6	Allal al-Fassi
seats6	9
party7	UGTM
seats7	3
party8	Other parties
colour8	#C0C0C0
seats8	2
party9	Independent politician
seats9	4
title	Prime Minister
after_election	Ahmed Bahnini
after_party	FDIC

120 seats in the House of Councillors

Parliamentary elections were held for the first time in Morocco on 17 May 1963. They followed the approval of a constitution in a referendum the previous year. The result was a victory for the pro-Monarchy Front for the Defence of Constitutional Institutions (FDIC), which won 69 seats. However, the two main opposition parties, the Istiqlal Party and the National Union of Popular Forces, won exactly the same number of seats. Voter turnout was 71.8%. However, in November the Supreme Court annulled the results of several seats won by the opposition. By-elections held in January 1964 gave the FDIC control of Parliament, which was eventually dissolved by King Hassan II in 1965.

Indirect elections to the House of Councillors were held on 12 October, with the FDIC winning 102 of the 120 seats.

Electoral system

The 120 members of the House of Councillors were elected by three electoral colleges; members of provincial and prefectural assemblies elected 80 members, professional bodies elected 35 members (of which industrial workers elected 14, farmers elected 16 and craftsmen elected 5) and business councils elected five.

Results

House of Representatives

House of Councillors

Party	Assembly members	Industrial workers	Farmers	Craftspeople	Business councils	Total
seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
Front for the Defence of Constitutional Institutions}}		Front for the Defence of Constitutional Institutions			74			9			16			3			0	102
Istiqlal Party}}		Istiqlal Party			3			4			0			2			0	9
	General Union of Moroccan Workers			0			0			0			0			3	3
	Others				0			0			0			0			2	2
Independent}}		Independents			3			1			0			0			0	4
Total			80			14			16			5			5	120
Valid votes	9,525	96.20		239	92.28		206	87.29		184	90.20		1,345	86.55
Invalid/blank votes	376	3.80		20	7.72		30	12.71		20	9.80		209	13.45
Total	9,901	100		259	100		236	100		204	100		1,554	100
Registered voters/turnout	11,610	85.28		281	92.17		312	75.64		225	90.67		3,188	48.75
Source: Sternberger et al.

References

Maghraoui, AM [http://web.rollins.edu/~dboniface/classes/pol205/Maghraoui2.pdf Democratization in the Arab World?: Depoliticization in Morocco]{{dead link. (February 2018)
[[Dieter Nohlen]], Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) ''Elections in Africa: A data handbook'', p634 {{ISBN. 0-19-829645-2
Ketterer, JP [http://www.cid.suny.edu/publications1/Ketterer%20From%20One%20Chamber%20to%20Two%20-%20The%20Case%20of%20Morocco.pdf From one chamber to two: The case of Morocco] {{Webarchive. link. (2017-08-12 ''Journal of Legislative Studies'', Spring 2001, vol. 7, no. 1, pp.135-150)
[[Dolf Sternberger]], [[Bernhard Vogel (politician). Bernhard Vogel]], [[Dieter Nohlen]] & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p1315

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