Political party in Morocco
The
Socialist Union of Popular Forces
(
Arabic
:
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,
romanized
:
Al-Ittihad Al-Ishtirakiy Lilqawat Al-Sha'abiyah
;
Standard Moroccan Tamazight
:
?????? ???????? ??????? ????????
;
French
:
Union Socialiste des Forces Populaires
,
USFP
) is a
social-democratic
[2]
political party in Morocco
.
History and profile
[
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The USFP was formed as a breakaway from the
National Union of Popular Forces
(UNFP), a
socialist
opposition party which had itself split from the
Istiqlal Party
in 1959.
[3]
The USFP was established in 1975.
[4]
[5]
The party won the
1997 parliamentary election
,
[6]
and led the
government of Morocco
with a
centre-left
coalition
.
[6]
During this period,
Abderrahmane Youssoufi
, who led the USFP, served as the
Prime Minister of Morocco
.
[6]
In the
parliamentary election
held on 27 September 2002, the party won 50 out of 325 seats, making it the largest party in the
Moroccan parliament
. Following those elections, it formed a government with the Istiqlal Party in a three-party coalition known as the "
Koutla
".
In the next
parliamentary election
, held on 7 September 2007, the USFP won 38 out of 325 seats, losing 12 seats and becoming only the fifth largest party in parliament.
[7]
The USFP was included in the government of Prime Minister
Abbas El Fassi
, formed on 15 October 2007.
[8]
The USFP is a full member of the
Socialist International
[9]
and an observer of the
Party of European Socialists
.
[10]
In the run-up to the
November 2011 parliamentary elections
, the USFP sought to present a united front with the
Party of Progress and Socialism
(PPS) and Democratic Forces Front (FFD) to reverse the loss of support for the Moroccan left in the preceding years.
[11]
The party placed fifth, with 39 seats, in the 2011 elections.
[12]
The USFP won 34 seats in the
2021 parliamentary election
, an increase of 14 seats since the last election.
[13]
[14]
Electoral performance
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]
Year
|
Number of votes
|
%
|
Seats in the
House of Representatives
|
Position in Parliament
|
1977
|
116,470
|
2.31
|
|
Opposition
|
1984
|
550,291
|
12.39
|
|
Opposition
|
1993
|
820,641
|
13.2
|
|
Opposition
|
1997
|
884,061
|
13.9
|
|
Leading government under
Abderrahmane Youssoufi
|
2002
|
718,725
|
15.38
|
|
Part of the government
|
2007
|
408,945
|
8.9
|
|
Part of the government
|
2011
|
408,108
|
8.6
|
|
Opposition
|
2016
|
367,622
|
5.06
|
|
Part of the government
|
2021
|
590,215
|
7.80
|
|
Opposition
|
References
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]
- ^
"???? ??????? ?????????? 1975"
.
??????? ????????? ?????? ???????
(in Arabic). 20 August 2016
. Retrieved
7 March
2021
.
- ^
a
b
c
El-Hussein A’boushi (2010),
"The Socialist Union of Popular Forces Party in Morocco"
,
Returning to Political Parties?
, The Lebanese Center for Policy Studies, pp. 131?173,
ISBN
9782351592618
, retrieved
1 December
2011
- ^
Marvine Howe (2 June 2005).
Morocco: The Islamist Awakening and Other Challenges: The Islamist Awakening and Other Challenges
. Oxford University Press. p. 100.
ISBN
978-0-19-534698-5
. Retrieved
10 October
2014
.
- ^
Marvine Howe (2 June 2005).
Morocco: The Islamist Awakening and Other Challenges: The Islamist Awakening and Other Challenges
. Oxford University Press. p. 112.
ISBN
978-0-19-534698-5
. Retrieved
10 October
2014
.
- ^
"Moroccan Political Parties"
.
Riad Reviews
. Retrieved
10 October
2014
.
- ^
a
b
c
Remy Leveau (December 1998).
"A democratic transition in Morocco?"
.
Le Monde diplomatique
. Retrieved
10 October
2014
.
- ^
"Moroccans favor conservative party instead of ushering in Islamic party"
,
Associated Press
(
International Herald Tribune
), 9 September 2007.
- ^
"Le roi nomme un nouveau gouvernement apres des tractations difficiles"
, Agence France-Presse, 15 October 2007
(in French)
.
- ^
List of Socialist International parties in Africa
Archived
28 October 2007 at the
Wayback Machine
Socialist International.
- ^
Party of European Socialists official website
- ^
"North Africa region daily news update"
. Aswat. 24 October 2011. Archived from
the original
on 17 December 2012
. Retrieved
30 October
2011
.
- ^
"Morocco"
.
European Forum
. Archived from
the original
on 10 September 2014
. Retrieved
10 October
2014
.
- ^
"Morocco elections: Islamists suffer losses as liberal parties gain ground"
.
The Guardian
. 9 September 2021.
ISSN
0261-3077
. Retrieved
17 December
2023
.
- ^
"Islamists suffer crushing defeat in Moroccan parliamentary elections"
.
France 24
. 9 September 2021
. Retrieved
17 December
2023
.
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