House of Representatives (Morocco)
The House of Representatives (Arabic: مجلس النواب [maʒ.li.s‿an.nu.waːb], Berber: Agraw imarayen, ⴰⴳⵔⴰⵡ ⵉⵎⴰⵔⴰⵢⴻⵏ) is one of the two chambers—the other of which is the House of Councillors—of the Moroccan Parliament. The House of Representatives has 395 members elected for five-year terms, 305 of whom are elected in multi-seat constituencies, and 90 of whom are elected in two national lists dedicated to promote gender equality and national youth.
House of Representatives مجلس النواب ⴰⴳⵔⴰⵡ ⵉⵎⴰⵔⴰⵢⴻⵏ | |
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Term limits | 5 years |
| Leadership | |
President of the House of Representatives | |
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| Seats | 395 |
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Political groups | Government coalition[2] (240)
Opposition (155) |
| Elections | |
| Mixed member majoritarian (Single non-transferable vote for 305 seats, 60 seats reserved for women and 30 seats reserved for young people under 40 by proportional representation) | |
Last election | 7 October 2016 |
Next election | November 2021 |
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| Rabat, Morocco | |
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| This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Morocco |
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Composition after 2016 election
| Party | Constituency | Nationwide | Total seats |
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| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
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| Justice and Development Party | 1,571,659 | 27.14 | 98 | 1,618,963 | 27.88 | 18 | 9 | 125 | +18 |
| Authenticity and Modernity Party | 1,205,444 | 20.82 | 81 | 1,216,552 | 20.95 | 14 | 7 | 102 | +55 |
| Istiqlal Party | 621,280 | 10.73 | 35 | 620,041 | 10.68 | 7 | 4 | 46 | –14 |
| National Rally of Independents | 558,875 | 9.65 | 28 | 544,118 | 9.37 | 6 | 3 | 37 | –15 |
| Popular Movement | 409,085 | 7.06 | 20 | 397,085 | 6.84 | 5 | 2 | 27 | –5 |
| Socialist Union of Popular Forces | 367,622 | 6.35 | 14 | 359,600 | 6.19 | 4 | 2 | 20 | –19 |
| Party of Progress and Socialism | 279,226 | 4.82 | 7 | 273,800 | 4.72 | 3 | 2 | 12 | –6 |
| Constitutional Union | 268,813 | 4.64 | 15 | 263,720 | 4.54 | 3 | 1 | 19 | –4 |
| Federation of the Democratic Left | 139,793 | 2.41 | 2 | 164,575 | 2.83 | 0 | 0 | 2 | New |
| Democratic and Social Movement | 74,472 | 1.29 | 3 | 77,630 | 1.34 | 0 | 0 | 3 | +1 |
| Covenant and Restoration Alliance | 49,040 | 0.85 | 0 | 51,906 | 0.89 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| Front of Democratic Forces | 51,945 | 0.90 | 0 | 49,360 | 0.85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1 |
| Environment and Sustainable Development Party | 35,645 | 0.62 | 0 | 35,167 | 0.61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –2 |
| Union and Democracy Party | 20,240 | 0.35 | 1 | 23,574 | 0.41 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| New Democratic Party | 17,003 | 0.29 | 0 | 19,284 | 0.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| Party of Renaissance and Virtue | 15,522 | 0.27 | 0 | 14,955 | 0.26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Party of Liberty and Social Justice | 10,811 | 0.19 | 0 | 14,735 | 0.25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –1 |
| Democratic Independence Party | 13,097 | 0.23 | 0 | 13,418 | 0.23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Renaissance Party | 11,194 | 0.19 | 0 | 12,710 | 0.22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | New |
| Party of Hope | 7,747 | 0.13 | 0 | 9,117 | 0.16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Labour Party | 2,910 | 0.05 | 0 | 7,228 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –4 |
| Social Centre Party | 6,156 | 0.11 | 0 | 6,977 | 0.12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Moroccan Union for Democracy | 5,266 | 0.09 | 0 | 6,379 | 0.11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic Society Party | 3,046 | 0.05 | 0 | 5,110 | 0.09 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reform and Development Party | 16,501 | 0.28 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Green Left Party | 13,389 | 0.23 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 0 |
| National Democratic Party | 5,115 | 0.09 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Independents | 9,656 | 0.17 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Total | 5,790,552 | 100 | 305 | 5,806,004 | 100 | 60 | 30 | 395 | 0 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 15,702,592 | – | 15,702,592 | – | – | – | – | ||
| Source: CEC (Votes) Le Matin (Total seats, Women's seats) | |||||||||
References
- "16/01/2017: Habib El Malki elected President of the House of Representatives, on Monday 16 January 2017". Chambredesrepresentants.ma. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
- Igrouane, Youssef (27 March 2017). "Morocco's New Government Coalition Includes 30 Ministers". Morocco World News. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
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