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{{Politics of Morocco}}
'''Elections in Morocco''' are held on a national level for the [[legislature]]. [[Parliament of Morocco|Parliament]] has two [[bicameralism|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 [[constituency|constituencies]] and 30 in national lists consisting only of women. The [[Assembly of Councillors]] (''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).

[[Morocco]] has had a [[multi-party]] system since independence in 1955, with numerous [[political parties|parties]] in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and [[political parties|parties]] must work with each other to form [[coalition government]]s. Since Morocco considers [[Western Sahara]] as part of its territory and administers large parts of it, the elections are also held there.

==Result in history==
===1963 Moroccan general election===
{{Election results
|party1=Front for the Defence of Constitutional Institutions|votes1=1159932|seats1=69
|party2=Istiqlal Party|votes2=1000506|seats2=41
|party3=National Union of Popular Forces|votes3=751056|seats3=28
|party4=Moroccan Communist Party|votes4=2345|seats4=0
|party5=Independents|votes5=421479|seats5=6
}}
==Latest election==
{{Election results
|image=[[File:2021 House of Representatives Morocco.svg]]
|firstround=Regional lists|secondround=Local lists
|party1=National Rally of Independents|votes1=2088548|seats1=16|votes1_2=2099036|seats1_2=86|totseats1=102
|party2=Authenticity and Modernity Party|votes2=1385230|seats2=12|votes2_2=1400122|seats2_2=75|totseats2=87
|party3=Istiqlal Party|votes3=1267866|seats3=13|votes3_2=1278420|seats3_2=68|totseats3=81
|party4=Socialist Union of Popular Forces|votes4=590215|seats4=11|votes4_2=598293|seats4_2=23|totseats4=34
|party5=Popular Movement (Morocco)|Popular Movement|votes5=528261|seats5=8|votes5_2=534292|seats5_2=20|totseats5=28
|party6=Constitutional Union (Morocco)|Constitutional Union|votes6=423067|seats6=5|votes6_2=418945|seats6_2=13|totseats6=18
|party7=Party of Progress and Socialism|votes7=389802|seats7=10|votes7_2=378603|seats7_2=12|totseats7=22
|party8=Justice and Development Party (Morocco)|Justice and Development Party|votes8=325337|seats8=9|votes8_2=322758|seats8_2=4|totseats8=13
|party9=Democratic and Social Movement (Morocco)|Democratic and Social Movement|votes9=138648|seats9=2|votes9_2=126399|seats9_2=3|totseats9=5
|party10=Federation of the Democratic Left|votes10=83554|seats10=1|votes10_2=83130|seats10_2=0|totseats10=1
|party11=Unified Socialist Party (Morocco)|Unified Socialist Party|votes11=69678|seats11=1|votes11_2=60313|seats11_2=0|totseats11=1
|party12=Front of Democratic Forces|votes12=64317|seats12=2|votes12_2=70218|seats12_2=1|totseats12=3
|party13=New Democrats Party|votes13=31258|seats13=0|votes13_2=32295|seats13_2=0|totseats13=0
|party14=Environment and Sustainable Development Party|votes14=23813|seats14=0|votes14_2=22959|seats14_2=0|totseats14=0
|party15=Social Centre Party|votes15=17886|seats15=0|votes15_2=11968|seats15_2=0|totseats15=0
|party16=Hope Party (Morocco)|Hope Party|votes16=17855|seats16=0|votes16_2=17262|seats16_2=0|totseats16=0
|party17=Equity Party|colour17={{party colour|Equity Party (Morocco)}}|votes17=17500|seats17=0|votes17_2=16358|seats17_2=0|totseats17=0
|party18=Moroccan Liberal Party|votes18=17116|seats18=0|votes18_2=18884|seats18_2=0|totseats18=0
|party19=Unity and Democracy Party (Morocco)|Unity and Democracy Party|votes19=16969|seats19=0|votes19_2=12841|seats19_2=0|totseats19=0
|party20=Moroccan Greens Party|votes20=12733|seats20=0|votes20_2=15639|seats20_2=0|totseats20=0
|party21=Democratic Independence Party|votes21=12448|seats21=0|votes21_2=8328|seats21_2=0|totseats21=0
|party22=Party of Liberty and Social Justice|votes22=10299|seats22=0|votes22_2=7719|seats22_2=0|totseats22=0
|party23=Action Party (Morocco)|Action Party|votes23=9022|seats23=0|votes23_2=6373|seats23_2=0|totseats23=0
|party24=Reform and Development Party (Morocco)|Reform and Development Party|votes24=7724|seats24=0|votes24_2=9891|seats24_2=0|totseats24=0
|party25=Renaissance Party|colour25={{party colour|Renaissance Party (Morocco)}}|votes25=6679|seats25=0|votes25_2=5730|seats25_2=0|totseats25=0
|party26=Democratic Society Party|colour26={{party colour|Democratic Society Party (Morocco)}}|votes26=5883|seats26=0|votes26_2=3885|seats26_2=0|totseats26=0
|party27=Party of Renaissance and Virtue|votes27=5208|seats27=0|votes27_2=8181|seats27_2=0|totseats27=0
|party28=National Democratic Party (Morocco)|National Democratic Party|votes28=4707|seats28=0|votes28_2=1682|seats28_2=0|totseats28=0
|party29=Moroccan Union for Democracy|votes29=0|seats29=0|votes29_2=7983|seats29_2=0|totseats29=0
|party30=Democratic Agreement Party|votes30=0|seats30=0|votes30_2=998|seats30_2=0|totseats30=0
}}

==2006 fraud affair==
In October 2006, as many as 67 people were arrested for [[election fraud]] allegations related to the September 8, 2006 polls.<ref>[http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=329099&sid=WOR '' 17 MPs among 67 held for election fraud in Morocco'']</ref> 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.

==See also==
*[[Elections in Western Sahara]]
*[[Electoral calendar]]
*[[Electoral system]]

==External links==
*[http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/m/morocco/ Adam Carr's Election Archive]

==References and sources==
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