2007 Moroccan general election

none Morocco 2002 2011 7 September 2007 325 seats in the House of Representatives 163 37.00% ( 14.61pp) Istiqlal Party Abbas El Fassi 8.51 52 48 Justice and Development Party (Morocco) Saadeddine Othmani 9.15 46 42 Popular Movement (Morocco) Mohand Laenser 7.30 41 27 National Rally of Independents Ahmed Osman 7.65 39 41 Socialist Union of Popular Forces Mohamed El Yazghi 7.00 38 50 Constitutional Union (Morocco) Mohamed Abied 2.92 27 16 PPS #D0353B Ismail Alaoui 4.38 17 11 FFD #91943D Thami Khiari 3.57 9 12 MDS #008000 Mahmoud Archane 2.90 9 7 PND–Al Ahd #915701 3.12 11 new Labour #DB1E1B 2.44 5 new PED #A1845A Ahmed Alami 2.00 5 2 PADS–CNI–PSU #2BFAEA 1.90 6 new PRE #FF2C97 1.56 4 new PND #849DAA Abdellah Kadiri 0.49 3 12 UMD #CD1237 1.33 2 new Socialist #FDD802 Abdelmajid Bouzoubaa 1.21 2 new ICD #102547 0.89 1 new PRV #C0DE90 Mohamed Khalidi 0.66 1 new Citizens' Forces #4C4B51 Abderrahim Lahyuyi 0.57 1 2 ADL #6FA293 0.30 1 4 Independent politician 0.71 5 0 Prime Minister Driss Jettou Independent politician Abbas El Fassi Istiqlal Party Parliamentary elections were held in Morocco on 7 September 2007,Electoral Calendar Maximiliano Herrera the second of King Mohammed VI's reign. Voter turnout was estimated to be 37%, the lowest in Moroccan political history.Morocco nationalists in poll win BBC News, 9 September 2007 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.http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/1F7F842E-BDC5-4603-92E5-1BB21EA1B2AE.htm Morocco votes in parliamentary poll 2007-09-07 AlJazeera.net The number of constituencies was increased from 91 to 95 before this election.Morocco's electoral constituencies increased to 95 People's Daily, 24 August 2007 Interior minister Chakib Benmoussa claimed the changes were made "in accordance with objectivity and transparency." However, BBC correspondent Richard Hamilton accused the government of gerrymandering in order to prevent the Justice and Development Party from winning.Morocco poll - choice or façade? BBC News, 1 September 2007 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.http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/resende-apr2008.pdf Archived copy 2008-10-04 2008-10-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20081016114118/http://www.carnegieendowment.org/files/resende-apr2008.pdf dead Whatever the outcome, real power will remain with the king, who is executive head of state, military chief and religious leader.Morocco conservatives win most assembly seats https://web.archive.org/web/20080207030025/http://africa.reuters.com/wire/news/usnL08597224.html 2008-02-07 , Reuters South Africa, September 9, 2007. 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. 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.Moroccan elections bring victory for conservatives, Magharebia, 2007-09-10, accessed on 2007-09-12 Istiqlal Party leader Abbas El Fassi became PM on 19 September 2007. Results National Constituency Justice and Development Party 545636 6 503396 40 46 +4 Istiqlal Party 480561 6 494256 46 52 +4 National Rally of Independents 429053 5 447244 34 39 –4 Popular Movement 410197 5 426849 36 41 +14 Socialist Union of Popular Forces 389471 5 408945 33 38 –12 Party of Progress and Socialism 253929 3 248103 14 17 +6 PND–Al-ʽAhd Union 217827 0 139688 8 8 – Front of Democratic Forces 200846 0 207982 9 9 –3 Democratic and Social Movement 163799 0 168960 9 9 +2 Labour Party 139907 0 140224 5 5 +5 Environment and Development Party 133023 0 131524 5 5 +3 PADS–CNI–PSU Union 119688 0 98202 5 5 – Party of Renewal and Equity 95456 0 83516 4 4 +4 Moroccan Union for Democracy 76049 0 76795 2 2 +2 Socialist Party 70607 0 67786 2 2 +2 Moroccan Liberal Party 58419 0 46526 0 0 –3 Citizen Initiative for Development 51217 0 50278 1 1 +1 Reform and Development Party 50285 0 47141 0 0 –3 Party of Renaissance and Virtue 39134 0 36781 1 1 +1 Citizens' Forces 33764 0 31207 1 1 –1 Democratic Independence Party 35922 0 31105 0 0 –2 Action Party 30789 0 24384 0 0 0 Social Centre Party 26240 0 22826 0 0 0 Party of Hope 23107 0 16376 0 0 0 Party of Liberty and Social Justice 11568 0 5452 0 0 0 Constitutional Union 335116 27 27 +11 Al-ʽAhd 57952 3 3 – National Democratic Party 56176 3 3 – Alliance of Liberties 34801 1 1 –3 National Ittihadi Congress 25695 1 1 – Unified Socialist Party 20353 0 0 – Al-Badil al-Hadari Party 15600 0 0 0 Democratic Socialist Party 10973 0 0 –6 Renaissance Party 10156 0 0 0 Socialist Democratic Vanguard Party 3761 0 0 – Independents 81364 5 5 +5 1634579 1131393 0 15462362 15462362 Desrues & Garcia External links Official 2007 elections website ar fr Political leaflets from the 2007 elections References collapsed Morocco Category:Elections in Morocco General Category:September 2007 elections Category:September 2007 in Africa