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
Front for the Defence of Constitutional Institutions
34.8% of votes
69
seats
Istiqlal Party
30.0% of votes
41
seats
National Union of Popular Forces
22.5% of votes
28
seats
Moroccan Communist Party
0.1% of votes
0
seats
Independents
12.6% of votes
6
seats