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1970 Moroccan general election

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Field	Value
election_name	1970 Moroccan general election
country	Morocco
previous_election	1963
next_election	1977
election_date	21 August 1970
seats_for_election	240 seats in the House of Representatives
majority_seats	121
nopercentage	yes
party1	Popular Movement (Morocco)
leader1	Abdelkrim al-Khatib
seats1	60
last_election1	new
party2	Social Progress Party (Morocco)
seats2	10
last_election2	new
party3	Istiqlal Party
leader3	Allal al-Fassi
seats3	8
last_election3	41
party4	PDC
seats4	2
last_election4	new
party5	National Union of Popular Forces
seats5	1
last_election5	28
party6	Independents
leader6	–
seats6	159
last_election6	6
title	Prime Minister
before_election	Ahmed Laraki
before_party	Istiqlal Party
after_election	Ahmed Laraki
after_party	Istiqlal Party

General elections were held in Morocco on 21 August 1970. They followed the adoption of a new constitution in a referendum in July. The new Assembly of Representatives had 240 members; 90 elected directly in single member constituencies by public ballot, 90 elected by local councillors and 60 elected by four professional colleges (24 by the Chambers of Agriculture, 16 by the Chambers of Commerce and Industry, 10 by the Chambers of Artisans and 10 by representatives of the wage-earners). The latter two groups were elected on 28 August.

A total of 293 candidates, all of whom were male, contested the election. The Istiqlal Party and the National Union of Popular Forces both boycotted the election, although some candidates still participated. Voter turnout was reported to be 85%.

Results

References

[http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/MOROCCO_1970_E.PDF Morocco] Inter-Parliamentary Union
[[Dieter Nohlen]], Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) ''Elections in Africa: A data handbook'', pp–635 {{ISBN. 0-19-829645-2

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