Elections in Morocco are held on a national level for the legislature

Legislature

A legislature is a kind of deliberative assembly with the power to pass, amend, and repeal laws. The law created by a legislature is called legislation or statutory law. In addition to enacting laws, legislatures usually have exclusive authority to raise or lower taxes and adopt the budget and...

. Parliament

Parliament of Morocco

The Parliament of Morocco is located in Rabat, the capital of Morocco.- Composition :Since 1996, the national legislature has become bicameral and has therefore two parliamentary chambers:...

 has two chambers

Bicameralism

In the government, bicameralism is the practice of having two legislative or parliamentary chambers. Thus, a bicameral parliament or bicameral legislature is a legislature which consists of two chambers or houses....

. The Assembly of Representatives of Morocco

Assembly of Representatives of Morocco

The Moroccan Parliament has two chambers. The Assembly of Representatives 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 other chamber is the Assembly of Councillors.-See also:* Assembly of Councillors*...

(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

Assembly of Councillors

The Assembly of Councillors is the upper house of the Parliament of Morocco and has 270 members, elected for a nine year term, elected by local councils , professional chambers and wage-earners ....

(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

Political Parties

Political Parties: A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy is a book by sociologist Robert Michels, published in 1911 , and first introducing the concept of iron law of oligarchy...

 in which no one party often has a chance of gaining power alone, and parties

Political Parties

Political Parties: A Sociological Study of the Oligarchical Tendencies of Modern Democracy is a book by sociologist Robert Michels, published in 1911 , and first introducing the concept of iron law of oligarchy...

 must work with each other to form coalition government

Coalition government

A coalition government is a cabinet of a parliamentary government in which several political parties cooperate. The usual reason given for this arrangement is that no party on its own can achieve a majority in the parliament...

s. Since Morocco considers Western Sahara

Western Sahara

Western Sahara is a disputed territory in North Africa, bordered by Morocco to the north, Algeria to the northeast, Mauritania to the east and south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. Its surface area amounts to . It is one of the most sparsely populated territories in the world, mainly...

 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

	Party	Seats	Seats %	Seat change	Votes	Votes %
	Justice and Development Party Justice and Development Party (Morocco) The Justice and Development Party is the largest opposition political party in Morocco. The PJD advocates Islamism and Islamic democracy.-History:...	80	X	34
	Istiqlal Party Istiqlal Party The Istiqlal or Independence Party is a political party in Morocco...	45	X	7
	National rally of independents National Rally of Independents The National Rally of Independents is a political party in Morocco, founded in 1978 by former Prime Minister Ahmed Osman, husband of a sister of King Hassan II....	38	X	1
	Authenticity and Modernity Party Authenticity and Modernity Party The Authenticity and Modernity Party is a Moroccan political party founded by former interior minister Fouad Ali El Himma on 10 August 2008. It is reportedly an attempt by King Mohammed VI's allies to create a strong political party to strengthen his power in Morocco.A number of political parties...	33	X	33
	Socialist Union of Popular Forces Socialist Union of Popular Forces The Socialist Union of Popular Forces, USFP, is a social democratic political party in Morocco...	29	X	9
	Popular movement Popular Movement The Popular Movement is a conservative liberal party in Morocco established in 1957 by the Berber Caid Mahjoubi Aherdane with help from Dr. Abdelkrim al-Khatib who founded later a splinter party that became the Justice and Development Party.The present party results from a 25 March 2006 merger...	22	X	19
	Constitutional Union Constitutional Union (Morocco) The Constitutional Union is a liberal conservative political party in Morocco, aligned with the ruling monarchy.The party is a full member of Liberal International, which it joined at the latter's Dakar Congress in 2003....	15	X	12
	Party of Progress and Socialism Party of Progress and Socialism The Party of Progress and Socialism is a political party in Morocco. The party was founded by Ali Yata in 1974.In the parliamentary election held on 27 September 2002, the party won 11 out of 325 seats...   (PPS)	11	X	6
	Labour party Labour Party (Morocco) The Labour Party is a political party in Morocco.In the parliamentary election, held on 7 September 2007, the party won 5 out of 325 seats. It won 4 out of 395 seats in the parliamentary election, held in 25 November 2011....	2	X	3
	Party of Renewal and Equity Party of Renewal and Equity The Party of Renewal and Equity is a political party in Morocco.In the parliamentary election, held on 7 September 2007, the party won 4 out of 325 seats....	2	X	2
	Democtratic and Social Movement Democratic and Social Movement (Morocco) The Democratic and Social Movement is a political party in Morocco.In the parliamentary election held on 27 September 2002, the party won 7 out of 325 seats. In the next parliamentary election, held on 7 September 2007, the party won 9 out of 325 seats....  (MDS)	2	X	7
	Environment and Development Party Environment and Development Party The Environment and Development Party was a political party in Morocco.In the parliamentary election held on 27 September 2002, the party won 2 out of 325 seats. In the next parliamentary election, held on 7 September 2007, the party won 2.9% of the votes and 5 out of 325 seats.It merged into the...	2	X	3
	Al Ahd Al Ahd Al Ahd was a political party in Morocco.At the last legislative elections, 27 September 2002, the party won 5 out of 325 seats. In the parliamentary election, held on 7 September 2007, the party won together with the National Democratic Party 14 out of 325 seats.It merged into the Authenticity and...	2	X	12
	Front of Democratic Forces Front of Democratic Forces The Front of Democratic Forces is a political party in Morocco.In the parliamentary election held on 27 September 2002, the party won 12 out of 325 seats. In the next parliamentary election, held on 7 September 2007, the party won 9 out of 325 seats....	1	X	8
	Action Party Action Party (Morocco) The Action Party is a political party in Morocco.In the parliamentary election, held on 7 September 2007, the party did not win any seats....  (PA)	1	X	1
	Union and Democracy Party (PUD)	1	X	1
	Party of Liberty and Social Justice Party of Liberty and Social Justice The Party of Liberty and Social Justice is a political party in Morocco.In the parliamentary election, held on 7 September 2007, the party did not win any seats....  (PLJS)	1	X	1
	Green Left Party	1	X	1
	Socialist Party Socialist Party (Morocco) The Socialist Party is a political party in Morocco.In the parliamentary election, held on 7 September 2007, the party did win 2 out of 325 seats....  (PS)	X	X	X
	Moroccan Union for Democracy Moroccan Union for Democracy The Moroccan Union for Democracy is a political party in Morocco.In the parliamentary election, held on 7 September 2007, the party did win 2 out of 325 seats....  (UMD)	X	X	X
	Citizens' Forces Citizens' Forces The Citizens' Forces is a political party in Morocco.In the parliamentary election held on 27 September 2002, the party won 2 out of 325 seats. At the turning of 2005, it went into an alliance with the PJD....  (PFC)	X	X	X
	Party of Renaissance and Virtue Party of Renaissance and Virtue The Party of Renaissance and Virtue is a political party in Morocco.In the parliamentary election, held on 7 September 2007, the party won 1 out of 325 seats....  (PRV)	X	X	X
	National Congress Party National Congress Party (Morocco) The National Congress Party is a political party in Morocco.At the last legislative elections, 27 September 2002, the party won 1 out of 325 seats. In the parliamentary election, held on 7 September 2007, the party was part of the PADS–CNI–PSU Union, that won 6 seats....  (PCNI)	X	X	X
	Moroccan Liberal Party Moroccan Liberal Party The Liberal Moroccan Party is a political party in Morocco.It was established in March 2002 as a splinter from the Constitutional Union Party by the attorney Mohammed Ziane, former delegate Minister for Human Rights in the Abdellatif Filali government, 1994-1998.In the parliamentary election held...  (PLM)	X	X	X
	Social Centre Party Social Centre Party The Social Centre Party is a political party in Morocco.During the parliamentary election, held on 7 September 2007, the party did not win any seats....  (PCS)	X	X	X
	Reform and Development Party Reform and Development Party The Reform and Development Party is a political party in Morocco.In the parliamentary election held on 27 September 2002, the party won 3 out of 325 seats. In the next parliamentary election, held on 7 September 2007, the party did not win any seats....  (PRD)	X	X	X
	National Democratic Party National Democratic Party (Morocco) The National Democratic Party is a political party in Morocco.At the last legislative elections, 27 September 2002, the party won 12 out of 325 seats. In the parliamentary election, held on 7 September 2007, the party won together with the Al Ahd 14 out of 325 seats.It decided to merge into the...	X	X	X
	Party of Hope Party of Hope The Party of Hope is a political party in Morocco.In the parliamentary election, held on 7 September 2007, the party did not win any seats....  (PE)	X	X	X
	Democratic Society Party (PSD)	X	X	X
	Democratic Independence Party Democratic Independence Party The Democratic Independence Party is a political party in Morocco established in 1946, initially a splinter group from Istiqlal Party, the party lost its 2 last seats at the 2007 elections.... (PDI)	X	X	X
	Independents	X	X	X
	Total (turnout 45%)	288/395	73%

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