1963 Moroccan General Election
17 May 1963 · The founding vote, and its interruption · 144 seats
Front for the Defence of Constitutional Institutions finished first with 69 of 144 seats on 34.8% of the vote. Turnout 71.8%. Ahmed Bahnini took office.
A quarter of the House sat alongside an entirely indirectly elected House of Councillors, and the king dissolved parliament and ruled by decree for five years afterward.
Prime Minister before
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Prime Minister (continued)
Ahmed Bahnini
FDIC
Largest force
Front for the Defence of Constitutional Institutions
69 of 144 seats
Turnout
71.8%
The result
| Share of the House of Representatives | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front for the Defence of Constitutional Institutions | — | 69 | — | 1,159,932 | 34.8% | — | |
| Istiqlal Party | — | 41 | — | 1,000,506 | 30.0% | — | |
| National Union of Popular Forces | — | 28 | — | 751,056 | 22.5% | — | |
| Moroccan Communist Party | — | 0 | — | 2,345 | 0.1% | — | |
| Independents | — | 6 | — | 421,479 | 12.6% | — |