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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.[1] Voter turnout was 71.8%.[2] 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,[3] 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.[4]
- ^ Maghraoui, AM Democratization in the Arab World?: Depoliticization in Morocco[permanent dead link] Journal of Democracy, Volume 13, Number 4 October 2002
- ^ Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p634 ISBN 0-19-829645-2
- ^ Ketterer, JP From one chamber to two: The case of Morocco Archived 2017-08-12 at the Wayback Machine Journal of Legislative Studies, Spring 2001, vol. 7, no. 1, pp.135-150
- ^ Dolf Sternberger, Bernhard Vogel, Dieter Nohlen & Klaus Landfried (1978) Die Wahl der Parlamente: Band II: Afrika, Zweiter Halbband, p1315