Elections in Morocco

The elections in Morocco are held with a national level for the Législature. The Moroccan Parlement is composed, so of two rooms: the Room of the Representatives, or the Lower House. The 325 members of this room are elected for five years by the universal direct suffrage, the list system to proportional, and the Chambre of the Advisers, or Upper House. The 270 members of this room are elected for nine years with renewal per third every three years. They are in addition elected by the indirect suffrage by the elected officials of the professional rooms, paid and the local government agencies.

Electoral system

Morocco adopted the Multipartisme since its independence in 1956. One however notices a balkanization of the Moroccan political field, which counts about 30 parties, so much so that certain parties obtain very tight scores and manage with difficulty to agree on the formation of the Moroccan government.

It should be noted that the inhabitants of the areas of the the Western Sahara under Moroccan control take part as well as their fellow-citizens of north, with all the Moroccan elections. And several Sahraouis occupy of the important positions in the Moroccan Political parties.

The business of the electoral frauds in 2006

In October 2006, 67 people about were stopped for electoral Fraud at the time of the elections of the renewal of the third of the members of the Chambre of the advisers, the September 8th 2006. Among them, there were 12 members of the Chambre of the advisers and 5 of the Chambre of the representatives.

Last elections

See also: Parliamentary election in Morocco of 2002

Other elections

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