KINGDOM OF MOROCCO LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS OF 25 NOVEMBER 2011 =============================================================================== Elections to the Majlis al-Nuwab (House of Representatives) Source: Moroccan Interior Ministry, French Wikipedia Parties ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Although Arabic is the official language of Morocco, all sources give the names of most political parties in French. * FFD - Front des Forces Démocratiques (Front of Democratic Forces) * MDS - Mouvement Démocratique et Social (Democratic and Social Movement) * MP - Mouvement Populaire (Popular Movement) * PA - Parti de l'Action (Action Party) * PAD – Parti al-Adh Démocratique (Party of Democratic Sacrifice) * PAM - Parti Authenticité et Modernité (Party of Authenticity and Modernity * PED - Parti de l'Environnement et du Développement (Party of Environment and Development) * PGVM - Parti de la Gauche Verte Marocaine (Moroccan Party of the Green Left) * PI - Parti d'Independence (Istiqlal) (Independence Party, usually referred to even in French sources as the Istiqlal) * PJD - Parti de la Justice et du Dévelopement (Party of Justice and Development) * PLJS - Parti de la Liberté et de la Justice Sociale (Party of Liberty and Social Justice) * PRE - Parti du Renouveau et de l'Equité (Party of Renewal and Equality) * PPS - Parti du Progrès et du Socialisme (Party of Progress and Socialism) * PT - Parti Travailliste (Labour Party) * PUD - Parti Unité et Démocratie (Party of Unity and Democracy) * RNI - Rassemblement National des Indépendents (National Rally of Independents) * UC - Union Constitutionelle (Constitutional Union) * USFP - Union Socialiste des Forces Populaires (Socialist Union of Popular Forces) The House of Representatives consists of 396 members, of whom 306 are elected by proportional representation from 92 electoral circumscriptions, and 90 are elected from national lists of women and youth candidates. No voting figures for the election of the circumscription members have been published. The figures given here show votes cast for the national list members. These figures come from the French Wikipedia, which obtained them from the PJD newspaper "Attajdid.” Four minor parties which won circumscription seats did not contest the national list election. NATIONAL SUMMARY OF VOTES AND SEATS =============================================================================== Enrolled voters: 13,420,631 Votes cast: 6,106,964 45.5 Invalid votes: 1,361,511 22.3 Valid votes: 4,745,453 77.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seats Party Votes % 1 2 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Front of Democratic Forces (FFD) 135,161 02.8 1 - 1 Democratic and Social Movement (MDS) 81,324 01.7 2 - 2 Popular Movement (MP) 354,468 07.5 24 8 32 Action Party (PA) 14,916 00.3 1 - 1 Party of Democratic Sacrifice (PAD) 2 - 2 Party of Authenticity and Modernity (PAM) 524,386 11.1 35 12 47 Party of Environment and Development (PED) 109,335 02.3 2 - 2 Moroccan Party of the Green Left (PGVM) 33,841 00.7 1 - 1 Independence Party (PI, Istiqlal) 562,720 11.9 47 13 60 Party of Justice and Development (PJD) 1,080,914 22.8 83 24 107 Party of Liberty and Social Justice (PLJS) 1 - 1 Party of Renewal and Equality (PRE) 2 - 2 Party of Progress and Socialism (PPS) 269,336 05.7 12 6 18 Labour Party (PT) 107,399 02.3 4 - 4 Party of Unity and Democracy 1 - 1 National Rally of Independents (RNI) 537,552 11.3 40 12 52 Constitutional Union (UC) 275,137 05.8 17 6 23 Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP) 408,108 08.6 30 9 39 Others 250,856 05.3 - - - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,745,453 306 90 396 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Seats 1 is the members elected by circumscription Seats 2 is the members elected from national women’s and youth lists Seats 3 is the total number of seats