{"iso":"MA","name":"Morocco","flag":"\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\udde6","vote":"House of Representatives \u00b7 seat projection","model":"seat","updated":"2021-09-08","source":"2021 election result, official count","credit":"No regular published national polling. Shares are the party vote at the House of Representatives election of 8 September 2021, official results as published by the Interior Ministry. Parliamentary elections are genuinely multiparty, but the palace controls security, religion and strategic policy whoever wins. A general election is scheduled for 23 September 2026. Parties below one percent are not shown.","shares":{"RNI":27.6,"PAM":18.3,"PI":16.7,"USFP":7.8,"MP":7.0,"UC":5.6,"PPS":5.2,"PJD":4.3,"MDS":1.8,"FGD":1.1},"polls":[],"parties":{"RNI":{"name":"Rassemblement National des Ind\u00e9pendants","color":"#1560BD","name_en":"National Rally of Independents"},"PAM":{"name":"Parti Authenticit\u00e9 et Modernit\u00e9","color":"#2AA9E0","name_en":"Authenticity and Modernity Party"},"PI":{"name":"Hizb al-Istiqlal","color":"#7B3F00","name_en":"Istiqlal Party"},"USFP":{"name":"Union Socialiste des Forces Populaires","color":"#E11B22","name_en":"Socialist Union of Popular Forces"},"MP":{"name":"Mouvement Populaire","color":"#66B032","name_en":"Popular Movement"},"UC":{"name":"Union Constitutionnelle","color":"#34495E","name_en":"Constitutional Union"},"PPS":{"name":"Parti du Progr\u00e8s et du Socialisme","color":"#C0392B","name_en":"Party of Progress and Socialism"},"PJD":{"name":"Parti de la Justice et du D\u00e9veloppement","color":"#0E5AA7","name_en":"Justice and Development Party"},"MDS":{"name":"Mouvement D\u00e9mocratique et Social","color":"#8E44AD","name_en":"Democratic and Social Movement"},"FGD":{"name":"F\u00e9d\u00e9ration de la Gauche D\u00e9mocratique","color":"#E67E22","name_en":"Federation of the Democratic Left"}},"seats":{"RNI":114,"PAM":76,"PI":69,"USFP":32,"MP":29,"UC":23,"PPS":22,"PJD":18,"MDS":7,"FGD":5},"seat_meta":{"total":395,"majority":198,"method":"sainte","threshold":0.0,"chamber":"House of Representatives","note":"Real system is largest-remainder PR across 92 local plus 12 regional districts with a low quota and no threshold, deliberately dispersing seats to many parties; approximated by a national Sainte-Lague pool (closer to that dispersion than D'Hondt), though it still somewhat overstates the largest party.","largest":"RNI"},"primer":{"system":"Constitutional monarchy with dominant royal power","head_of_state":"King Mohammed VI","head_of_government":"Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch (RNI)","legislature":"House of Representatives, 395 members, and a House of Councillors.","electoral_system":"Members are elected by proportional representation, including regional lists that guarantee seats for women. The king appoints the head of government from the largest party.","government_now":"Akhannouch's RNI leads a coalition with PAM and Istiqlal after the 2021 election collapsed the Islamist PJD from 125 seats to 13.","context":"Youth-led protests in late 2025 over health and education services pressed the government ahead of the September 2026 election. Diplomatic momentum on Western Sahara has strengthened the monarchy's international position.","sources":"Cross-checked against the English-language MediaWiki encyclopedic record via its public API, 2 July 2026."},"parties_info":{"RNI":["Rassemblement National des Ind\u00e9pendants","National Rally of Independents","Royalist, liberal pro-business party; won 2021 and leads the government under PM Aziz Akhannouch."],"PAM":["Parti Authenticit\u00e9 et Modernit\u00e9","Authenticity and Modernity Party","Secular-liberal establishment party created by a palace ally; second-largest party and a junior coalition partner."],"PI":["Hizb al-Istiqlal","Istiqlal (Independence) Party","Conservative-nationalist party, one of Morocco's oldest; centre-right; junior coalition partner."],"USFP":["Union Socialiste des Forces Populaires","Socialist Union of Popular Forces","Historic centre-left social-democratic party, now much diminished and in opposition."],"MP":["Mouvement Populaire","Popular Movement","Rural, Berber-oriented centrist and pro-monarchy party; in opposition."],"UC":["Union Constitutionnelle","Constitutional Union","Centre-right liberal, pro-monarchy party; small opposition party."],"PPS":["Parti du Progr\u00e8s et du Socialisme","Party of Progress and Socialism","Former communist party, now centre-left; in opposition."],"PJD":["Parti de la Justice et du D\u00e9veloppement","Justice and Development Party","Moderate Islamist party that led government 2011-2021 then collapsed from 125 to 13 seats; the main Islamist opposition."],"MDS":["Mouvement D\u00e9mocratique et Social","Democratic and Social Movement","Small centrist party with a handful of seats."],"FGD":["F\u00e9d\u00e9ration de la Gauche D\u00e9mocratique","Federation of the Democratic Left","Small radical-left alliance; holds a single seat."]},"seats_now":{"chamber":"House of Representatives","as_of":"2021 election","total":395,"seats":{"RNI":102,"PAM":87,"PI":81,"USFP":34,"MP":28,"PPS":22,"UC":18,"PJD":13,"MDS":5,"FGD":1}},"region_winners":{"La\u00e2youne-Boujdour-Sakia El Hamra":"PI","Oued Ed-Dahab":"PI","Tangier-Tetouan":"RNI","Oriental":"RNI","Mekn\u00e8s-Tafilalet":"RNI","Suss-Massa-Draa":"RNI","Taza-Al Hoce\u00efma-Taounate":"RNI","Gharb-Chrarda-B\u00e9ni Hssen":"RNI","Rabat-Sal\u00e9-Zemmour-Za\u00ebr":"RNI","Chaouia-Ouardigha":"RNI","Grand Casablanca":"RNI","Marrakesh-Tensift-El Haouz":"PAM","F\u00e8s-m\u00e9knas-boulmane":"RNI","Tadla-Azilal":"RNI"},"region_meta":{"election":"2021 Moroccan general and regional elections (8 September 2021)","source":"Ministry of Interior official results as published on elections.ma (regional council elections held alongside the parliamentary election)","note":"Each region shaded by the party with the most votes in its regional council election, held the same day as the parliamentary election; RNI led 8 of 12 regions, PAM led Marrakech-Safi and Guelmim-Oued Noun, Istiqlal led the two southernmost regions. This map uses pre-2015 regions; the two regions that straddle current regions with different leading parties (Guelmim-Es Semara and Doukkala-Abda) are left uncoloured."},"has_geo":true,"next_election":{"date":"2026-09-23","title":"Moroccan general election","chamber":"House of Representatives","type":"scheduled"}}