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At stake in this election:
- 325 seats in the Chamber of Representatives
Description of government structure:
- Chief of State: King MOHAMED VI
- Head of Government: Prime Minister Driss JETTOU
- Assembly: Morocco has a bicameral Parliament consisting of the Chamber of Counselors with 270 seats and the Chamber of Representatives with 325 seats.
Description of electoral system:
- The King is hereditary.
- The Prime Minister is appointed by the monarch.
- In the Chamber of Counselors 270 members are elected by indirect vote to serve 9-year terms*. In the Chamber of Representatives, 295 members are elected through a closed-list proportional representation system to serve 5-year terms and 30 members are reserved for women to serve 5-year terms.**
* Members are elected indirectly by local councils, professional organizations, and labor syndicates. One-third of the members are renewed every three years.
** 295 members are elected in 95 multi-seat constituencies. The thirty reserved seats are from a national list of women.
Main parties in the electoral race:
- Party: Socialist Union of Popular Forces / (USFP)
Leader: Mohammed EL-YAZGHI
Seats won in this Chamber of Representatives election: 38
Seats won in last Chamber of Representatives election: 50 - Party: Independence Party/Istiqlal Party / (PI)
Leader: Abbas EL FASSI
Seats won in this Chamber of Representatives election: 52
Seats won in last Chamber of Representatives election: 48 - Party: National Rally of Independents / (RNI)
Leader: Ahmed OSMAN
Seats won in this Chamber of Representatives election: 41
Seats won in last Chamber of Representatives election: 41 - Party: Party of Justice and Development / (PJD)
Leader: Saad Eddine EL OTHMAN
Seats won in this Chamber of Representatives election: 46
Seats won in last Chamber of Representatives election: 42 - Party: Popular Movement / (MP)
Leader: Mohamed LAENSER
Seats won in this Chamber of Representatives election: 41
Seats won in last Chamber of Representatives election: 27 - Party: Constitutional Union / (UC)
Leader: Mohamed ABIED
Seats won in this Chamber of Representatives election: 27
Seats won in last Chamber of Representatives election: 16 - Party: Front of Democratic Forces / (FFD)
Leader: Thami EL KHYARI
Seats won in this Chamber of Representatives election: 9
Seats won in last Chamber of Representatives election: 12 - Party: National Democratic Party / (PND)
Leader: Abdallah KADIRI
Seats won in this Chamber of Representatives election: 3
Seats won in last Chamber of Representatives election: 12 - Party: Party of Progress and Socialism / (PPS)
Leader: Ismail ALAOUI
Seats won in this Chamber of Representatives election: 17
Seats won in last Chamber of Representatives election: 11
Population and number of registered voters:
- Population: 33,241,259 (July 2007 est.)
- Registered Voters: 15,462,362 (September 2007 )