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Elections in Morocco are held on a national level for the

(Majlis al-Mustasharin) has 120 members, elected for a six-year term, elected by local councils (162 seats), professional chambers (91 seats) and wage-earners (27 seats).

as part of its territory and administers large parts of it, the elections are also held there.

2006 fraud affair

In October 2006, as many as 67 people were arrested for

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

Party		Regional lists			Local lists			Total seats	+/–
		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
	National Rally of Independents	2,088,548	27.58	16	2,099,036	27.69	86	102	+65
	Authenticity and Modernity Party	1,385,230	18.30	12	1,400,122	18.47	75	87	–15
	Istiqlal Party	1,267,866	16.74	13	1,278,420	16.87	68	81	+35
	Socialist Union of Popular Forces	590,215	7.80	11	598,293	7.89	23	34	+14
	Popular Movement	528,261	6.98	8	534,292	7.05	20	28	+1
	Constitutional Union	423,067	5.59	5	418,945	5.53	13	18	–1
	Party of Progress and Socialism	389,802	5.15	10	378,603	5.00	12	22	+10
	Justice and Development Party	325,337	4.30	9	322,758	4.26	4	13	–112
	Democratic and Social Movement	138,648	1.83	2	126,399	1.67	3	5	+2
	Federation of the Democratic Left	83,554	1.10	1	83,130	1.10	0	1	–1
	Unified Socialist Party	69,678	0.92	1	60,313	0.80	0	1	+1
	Front of Democratic Forces	64,317	0.85	2	70,218	0.93	1	3	+3
	New Democratic Party	31,258	0.41	0	32,295	0.43	0	0	0
	Environment and Sustainable Development Party	23,813	0.31	0	22,959	0.30	0	0	0
	Social Centre Party	17,886	0.24	0	11,968	0.16	0	0	0
	Party of Hope	17,855	0.24	0	17,262	0.23	0	0	0
	Fairness Party	17,500	0.23	0	16,358	0.22	0	0	New
	Moroccan Liberal Party	17,116	0.23	0	18,884	0.25	0	0	New
	Unity and Democracy Party	16,969	0.22	0	12,841	0.17	0	0	–1
	Green Party of Morocco	12,733	0.17	0	15,639	0.21	0	0	New
	Democratic Independence Party	12,448	0.16	0	8,328	0.11	0	0	0
	Party of Liberty and Social Justice	10,299	0.14	0	7,719	0.10	0	0	0
	Labour Party	9,022	0.12	0	6,373	0.08	0	0	0
	Reform and Development Party	7,724	0.10	0	9,891	0.13	0	0	0
	Renaissance Party	6,679	0.09	0	5,730	0.08	0	0	0
	Democratic Society Party	5,883	0.08	0	3,885	0.05	0	0	0
	Party of Renaissance and Virtue	5,208	0.07	0	8,181	0.11	0	0	0
	National Democratic Party	4,707	0.06	0	1,682	0.02	0	0	0
	Moroccan Union for Democracy				7,983	0.11	0	0	0
	Democratic Agreement Party				998	0.01	0	0	New
Total		7,571,623	100.00	90	7,579,505	100.00	305	395	0
Registered voters/turnout		17,509,127	–		17,509,127	–
Source: Elections.ma, IDEA

See also

• Elections in Western Sahara
• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

External links

• Adam Carr's Election Archive

References and sources