2002 Moroccan general election

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2002 Moroccan general election - Wikipedia

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2002 Moroccan general election

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27 September 2002

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325 seats in the House of Representatives
163 seats needed for a majority

	Leader	Vote %	Seats	+/–
USFP	Abderrahmane Youssoufi	11.88	50	−7
Istiqlal	Abbas El Fassi	9.89	48	+16
PJD	Abdelkrim al-Khatib	9.84	42	New
RNI	Ahmed Osman	9.28	41	−5
MP	Mohand Laenser	6.56	27	−13
MNP	Mahjoubi Aherndane	5.16	18	−1
UC	Mohamed Abied	5.14	16	−34
FFD	Thami Khiari	4.90	12	+3
PND	Abdellah Elkadiri	4.56	12	+2
PPS	Ismail Alaoui	4.55	11	+2
Democratic Union		4.04	10	New
PSD	Aissa Ouardighi	2.96	6	+1
MDS	Mahmoud Archane	2.70	7	−25
Al-ʽAhd		2.28	5	New
Alliance of Liberties		2.18	4	−5
PCNI		1.99	1	New
PRD	Abderrahman El Kuhen	1.83	3	New
Citizens' Forces	Abderrahim Lahyuyi	1.72	2	New
PED	Ahmed Alami	1.50	2	New
Liberal	Mohammed Ziane	1.36	3	New
PSUG		1.35	3	New
PDI	Abdelwahed Maach Maach	1.01	2	+1

This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Prime Minister before	Prime Minister after
Abderrahmane Youssoufi USFP	Driss Jettou Independent

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General elections were held in Morocco on 27 September 2002. The elections were the first since King Mohammed VI of Morocco had come to the throne in 1999 and international observers saw it as a test of his commitment to democracy.^[1] The election saw an Islamist party the Justice and Development Party make strong gains but the outgoing government kept a majority in the Assembly of Representatives.

Campaign

The election took place under a revised voting system in which 325 deputies were elected from 91 constituencies.^[1] The new rules guaranteed women would be at least 10% of the Assembly of Representatives by reserving 30 seats for them.^[2] In total 5,865 candidates from 26 political parties and 5 lists of independents stood in the election including 965 female candidates.^[2]^[3] With many voters illiterate, each party had different symbols such as a car, alarm clock, horse, wasp or lamp which were printed on the ballot paper for voters to select.^[4]

Even the prime minister, Abderrahmane Youssoufi, agreed that previous elections in Morocco had been rigged but the new King Mohammed VI had pledged that this election should be kept free. Indeed, observers at polling stations reported that the election was much cleaner than previous elections.^[4] The campaign itself was low key with a low turnout expected. Issues raised in the campaign included rising prices, a salary freeze, economic stability and improvements in education and public health.^[3] Poverty and unemployment, combined with the powers which the King had reserved to himself meant many people saw little reason to vote.^[1]^[2]

The only Islamist party to stand in the election, the Justice and Development Party, did not stand in all of the seats to ensure it would not provoke violence such as had occurred in neighbouring Algeria after the 1991 election.^[4] They supported the introduction of Islamic law but pledged to work within the existing political system.^[5] The banned Islamist group Al Adl Wa Al Ihssane was seen as being the popular group in the country but called on supporters to boycott the election as they said it would achieve nothing.^[4]

Results

The results saw the Justice and Development Party make strong gains and over doubled its vote share to become the third largest party in parliament.^[6] However the parties that made up the previous coalition kept a strong majority in the legislature with the Socialist Union of Popular Forces remaining the largest party.^[6] Women won 35 seats in the legislature,^[3] a big increase from the two who had been elected in the 1997 election.^[7]

Following the election King Mohammed VI appointed the interior minister Driss Jettou as prime minister^[8] and a new government was formed with roughly the same political parties supporting the coalition as before the election.^[9]


Party		Votes	%	Seats
Party		Votes	%	Local	National	Total	+/–
	Socialist Union of Popular Forces	718,725	11.88	45	5	50	–7
	Istiqlal Party	598,226	9.89	44	4	48	+16
	Justice and Development Party	595,439	9.84	38	4	42	+33
	National Rally of Independents	561,514	9.28	37	4	41	–5
	Popular Movement	396,932	6.56	25	2	27	–13
	National Popular Movement	312,239	5.16	16	2	18	–1
	Constitutional Union	310,939	5.14	14	2	16	–34
	Front of Democratic Forces	296,288	4.90	10	2	12	+3
	National Democratic Party	275,884	4.56	10	2	12	+2
	Party of Progress and Socialism	275,024	4.55	9	2	11	+2
	Democratic Union	244,558	4.04	9	1	10	New
	Democratic Socialist Party	179,131	2.96	6	0	6	+1
	Democratic and Social Movement	163,546	2.70	7	0	7	–25
	Al-ʽAhd	138,186	2.28	5	0	5	New
	Alliance of Liberties	131,796	2.18	4	0	4	New
	National Ittihadi Congress	120,330	1.99	1	0	1	New
	Reform and Development Party	110,633	1.83	3	0	3	New
	Citizens' Forces	104,247	1.72	2	0	2	New
	Environment and Development Party	90,609	1.50	2	0	2	New
	Moroccan Liberal Party	82,088	1.36	3	0	3	New
	Party of the Unified Socialist Left	81,985	1.35	3	0	3	–1
	Democratic Independence Party	61,258	1.01	2	0	2	+1
	Citizen Initiative for Development	49,710	0.82	0	0	0	New
	Party of Renewal and Equity	39,483	0.65	0	0	0	New
	Action Party	28,563	0.47	0	0	0	–2
	Independents	83,346	1.38	0	0	0	New
Total		6,050,679	100.00	295	30	325	0

Valid votes		6,050,679	84.45
Invalid/blank votes		1,114,527	15.55
Total votes		7,165,206	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		13,884,467	51.61
Source: García

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Moroccan poll will test commitment to democracy". Financial Times. 27 September 2002. p. 13.
^ ^a ^b ^c Leicester, John (28 September 2002). "Moroccans to elect 30 female MPs". The Scotsman. p. 13.
^ ^a ^b ^c "MOROCCO: parliamentary elections Majliss-annouwab, 2002". Inter-Parliamentary Union. Retrieved 13 May 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Tremlett, Giles (28 September 2002). "In brief: Islamists hold key to Moroccan elections: King relaxes reins to allow first step towards real democracy". The Guardian. p. 15.
^ Leicester, John (29 September 2002). "Moroccan fundamentalist party in election gains". Scotland on Sunday. p. 24.
^ ^a ^b Wilkinson, Isambard (30 September 2002). "Islamic upsurge in Morocco poll". The Daily Telegraph. p. 41.
^ "MOROCCO: parliamentary elections Majlis Nawab, 1997". Inter-Parliamentary Union. Retrieved 13 May 2009.
^ "Moroccan king names new Cabinet, no rep from Islamic party". Toronto Star. 8 November 2002. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012.
^ "Morocco unveils new coalition". BBC Online. 8 November 2002.

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Mohammed VI

King of Morocco (1999–present)
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Immediate	Salma Bennani (former wife) Prince Moulay Hassan (son) Princess Lalla Khadija (daughter) Hassan II (father) Latifa Amahzoune (mother) Prince Moulay Rachid (brother) Princess Lalla Meryem (sister) Princess Lalla Asma (sister) Princess Lalla Hasna (sister)
Extended	Prince Moulay Abdallah (uncle) Prince Moulay Hicham (cousin) Prince Moulay Ismail (cousin) Princess Lalla Joumala Alaoui (cousin) Moulay Abdallah (cousin) Moulay Youssef (cousin) Moulay Driss (cousin) Mohammed El Alaoui (cousin) Princess Lalla Fatima Zohra (aunt) Princess Lalla Amina (aunt) Princess Lalla Nuzha (aunt) Princess Lalla Malika (aunt) Princess Lalla Aicha (aunt)
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Advisors and/or members of the royal cabinet	Fouad Ali El Himma Mounir Majidi Moulay Abdallah Alaoui Moulay Youssef Alaoui Moulay Driss Alaoui Mohammed El Alaoui Rochdi Chraibi Abdellatif Hammouchi Fadel Benyaich Noureddine Bensouda Taieb Fassi Fihri Omar Azziman Abdelaziz Meziane Belfqih Mohamed Moatassim André Azoulay Omar Kabbaj Mohammed Kabbaj Zoulikha Naciri Karim Bouzida Abdellatif Mennouni Mustpaha Sahel Mohamed Hassad Abdelhak Mrini Abbas Jirari Yassir Znagui Mohamed Taieb Naciri Mounir Charïbi Driss Jettou Hassan Aourid
Security officials	Yassine Mansouri Hamidou Laanigri Chakib Benmoussa Abdelouafi Laftit Taieb Cherkaoui Mostapha Sahel Saad Hassar Mohamed Hassad Charki Draiss Bouchaib Rmail Ahmed Midaoui Abderrahmane Sbai Abdellatif Loudiyi Aziz Jaidi
Senior bureaucrats	Mustapha Bakkoury Aziz Akhannouch Ali Fassi Fihri Fathallah Sijilmassi Mostafa Terrab Ahmed Toufiq Ahmed Akhchichine Latifa Labida Latifa Akherbach Mohamed Benaissa Driss Dahak Khalihenna Ould Errachid Mohamed Cheikh Biadillah Driss Benhima Tarek Sijilmassi Nasser Bourita
No official position^[1]	Mehdi Alaoui Mdaghri Khalid Cohen Hassan Bernoussi Karim Chakour
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