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1997 election and the Alternance

The first House elected entirely by direct vote; the USFP came first with 57 seats and its leader Abderrahmane Youssoufi became Prime Minister.

The first House elected entirely by direct vote; the USFP came first with 57 seats and its leader Abderrahmane Youssoufi became Prime Minister.

After the 1996 Constitution, the House of Representatives (325 seats) became entirely directly elected. The election took place on 14 November 1997 with 58.30% turnout .

The USFP came first with 57 seats and 13.87% of the vote, followed by the Constitutional Union (50), the RNI (46) and the Popular Movement (40), while Istiqlal won 32 seats despite coming second in votes (13.19%) .

The consensual Alternance In February 1998 King Hassan II appointed Abderrahmane Youssoufi, First Secretary of the USFP and a historic opposition figure, as Prime Minister — the first time a leader of the left-wing opposition headed the Government . The Popular Democratic and Constitutional Movement, the nucleus of the PJD, also entered Parliament with nine seats.

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