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Constitutional Union (Morocco)

Political party in Morocco

Field	Value
colorcode
name	Constitutional Union
native_name	الاتحاد الدستوري
ⴰⵍⵉⵜⵜⵉⴰⴷ ⴰⴷⴷⵓⵔⵜⵓⵔⵉ
Union constitutionelle
logo	Constitutional Union (Morocco) logo.png
logo_size	150px
leader	Mohammed Sajid
founder	Maati Bouabid
native_name_lang	ar
foundation
headquarters	Rabat, Morocco
ideology	Monarchism
Liberal conservatism
Conservative liberalism
Economic liberalism
Populism
Historical:
Planned liberalism (1983)
position	Centre-right
international	Liberal International
affiliation1_title	Regional affiliation
affiliation1	Africa Liberal Network
Arab Liberal Federation
seats1_title	House of Representatives
seats1
website	Union Constitutionnelle
country	Morocco

ⴰⵍⵉⵜⵜⵉⴰⴷ ⴰⴷⴷⵓⵔⵜⵓⵔⵉ Union constitutionelle Liberal conservatism Conservative liberalism Economic liberalism Populism Historical: Planned liberalism (1983) Arab Liberal Federation

The Constitutional Union (; ; , UC) is a political party in Morocco aligned with the ruling monarchy. The party has a history of cooperating with two other parties with a liberal orientation, the National Rally of Independents and the Popular Movement, since 1993.

History

The grouping was founded by then Prime Minister Maati Bouabid in 1983 and favoured by King Hassan II. In the 1984 parliamentary election, it won the greatest number of seats, but remained far from an absolute majority. Later it became an ordinary party without a special role in Morocco's multi-party system.

The party is a full member of Liberal International, which it joined at the latter's Dakar Congress in 2003. Its electoral symbol is a horse.

In the parliamentary election held on 27 September 2002, the party won 16 out of 325 seats. In the next parliamentary election, held on 7 September 2007, the party won 27 out of 325 seats.

Electoral results

Moroccan Parliament

Election year	# of
overall votes	% of
overall vote	# of
overall seats won	+/–	Leader	1984	1993	1997	2002	2007	2011	2016	2021
1,101,502 (#1)	24.8
769,149 (#3)	12.8
647,746 (#5)	10.2
? (#7)	4.9
335,116 (#6)	7.3
275,137 (#7)	5.8
(#7)
(#7)

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