325 seats in the House of Representatives 163 seats needed for a majority
Party
Leader
%
Seats
+/–
Istiqlal
Abbas El Fassi
8.51
52
+4
PJD
Saadeddine Othmani
9.15
46
+4
MP
Mohand Laenser
7.30
41
+14
RNI
Ahmed Osman
7.65
39
−2
USFP
Mohamed El Yazghi
7.00
38
−12
UC
Mohamed Abied
2.92
27
+11
PPS
Ismail Alaoui
4.38
17
+6
FFD
Thami Khiari
3.57
9
−3
MDS
Mahmoud Archane
2.90
9
+2
PND–Al Ahd
3.12
11
New
Labour
2.44
5
New
PED
Ahmed Alami
2.00
5
+3
PADS–CNI–PSU
1.90
6
New
PRE
1.56
4
New
PND
Abdellah Kadiri
0.49
3
−9
UMD
1.33
2
New
Socialist
Abdelmajid Bouzoubaa
1.21
2
New
ICD
0.89
1
New
PRV
Mohamed Khalidi
0.66
1
New
Citizens' Forces
Abderrahim Lahyuyi
0.57
1
−1
Alliance of Liberties
0.30
1
−3
Independent
0.71
5
+5
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Parliamentary elections were held in Morocco on 7 September 2007,[1] the second of King Mohammed VI's reign. Voter turnout was estimated to be 37%, the lowest in Moroccan political history.[2] There were 33 different parties and 13 independent candidates competing for 325 assembly seats. An amount of $61 million was allocated by the Moroccan government to organize the 2007 elections.[3]
The number of constituencies was increased from 91 to 95 before this election.[4] Interior minister Chakib Benmoussa claimed the changes were made "in accordance with objectivity and transparency."[4] However, BBC correspondent Richard Hamilton accused the government of gerrymandering in order to prevent the Justice and Development Party from winning.[5]
According to many analysts the complex voting system makes it almost impossible for any group to win an outright majority, although others have disagreed with this view, arguing that the electoral system is not particularly unusual and should favor large parties.[1]. Whatever the outcome, real power will remain with the king, who is executive head of state, military chief and religious leader.[6]
For the first time in the history of elections in Morocco, they are being monitored by foreign observers including the U.S.'s National Democratic Institute for International Affairs and 42 others.[3]
Turnout in the election was only 37% - the lowest in the history of Moroccan national elections. The Socialist Union of People's Forces (USFP), the largest party in the outgoing government lost nearly a quarter of its seats, and was replaced as the largest party by its coalition partner, the Istiqlal Party. The main gainers were the pro-government liberal People's Movement and Constitutional Union parties. The opposition Islamist Justice and Development Party had a modest increase in its tally as did the pro-government leftist Party of Progress and Socialism.
Following the election the USFP was expected to leave the governing coalition.[7] Istiqlal Party leader Abbas El Fassi became PM on 19 September 2007.
^Electoral Calendar Maximiliano Herrera
^Morocco nationalists in poll win BBC News, 9 September 2007
^ ab"Morocco votes in parliamentary poll". AlJazeera.net. Retrieved 2007-09-07.
^ abMorocco's electoral constituencies increased to 95 People's Daily, 24 August 2007
^Morocco poll - choice or façade? BBC News, 1 September 2007
^Morocco conservatives win most assembly seats Archived 2008-02-07 at the Wayback Machine, Reuters South Africa, September 9, 2007.
^Moroccan elections bring victory for conservatives, Magharebia, 2007-09-10, accessed on 2007-09-12
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