Elections in Morocco

Elections in Morocco are held on a national level for the legislature. Parliament has two chambers. The Assembly of Representatives of Morocco (Majlis al-Nuwab/Assemblée des Répresentants) has 325 members elected for a five-year term, 295 elected in multi-seat constituencies and 30 in national lists consisting only of women. The Assembly of Councillors (Majlis al-Mustasharin) has 270 members, elected for a nine-year term, elected by local councils (162 seats), professional chambers (91 seats) and wage-earners (27 seats).

Morocco has had a multi-party system since independence in 1956, with numerous parties in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties must work with each other to form coalition governments. Since Morocco considers Western Sahara as part of its territory and administers large parts of it, the elections are also held there.

2006 fraud affair

On October 2006, as many as 67 people were arrested for election fraud allegations related to the September 8, 2006 polls. Among them there were 17 lawmakers (12 from the Assembly of Councillors and 5 from the Assembly of Representatives). It was the first time the Moroccan government made such arrests.

Latest elections

Main article: Moroccan parliamentary election, 2011

	Party	Seats	Seats %	Seat change	Votes	Votes %
	Justice and Development Party	80	X	34
	Istiqlal Party	45	X	7
	National rally of independents	38	X	1
	Authenticity and Modernity Party	33	X	33
	Socialist Union of Popular Forces	29	X	9
	Popular movement	22	X	19
	Constitutional Union	15	X	12
	Party of Progress and Socialism (PPS)	11	X	6
	Labour party	2	X	3
	Party of Renewal and Equity	2	X	2
	Democtratic and Social Movement (MDS)	2	X	7
	Environment and Development Party	2	X	3
	Al Ahd	2	X	12
	Front of Democratic Forces	1	X	8
	Action Party (PA)	1	X	1
	Union and Democracy Party (PUD)	1	X	1
	Party of Liberty and Social Justice (PLJS)	1	X	1
	Green Left Party	1	X	1
	Socialist Party (PS)	X	X	X
	Moroccan Union for Democracy (UMD)	X	X	X
	Citizens' Forces (PFC)	X	X	X
	Party of Renaissance and Virtue (PRV)	X	X	X
	National Congress Party (PCNI)	X	X	X
	Moroccan Liberal Party (PLM)	X	X	X
	Social Centre Party (PCS)	X	X	X
	Reform and Development Party (PRD)	X	X	X
	National Democratic Party	X	X	X
	Party of Hope (PE)	X	X	X
	Democratic Society Party (PSD)	X	X	X
	Democratic Independence Party (PDI)	X	X	X
	Independents	X	X	X
	Total (turnout 45%)	288/395	73%

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See also

• Elections in Western Sahara
• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

External links

• Adam Carr's Election Archive