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At stake in this election:
- 325 seats in the Chamber of Representatives (Majlis al-Nuwab)
Description of government structure:
- Chief of State: King MOHAMED VI
- Head of Government: Prime Minister Abbas EL FASSI
- Assembly: Morocco has a bicameral Parliament (Barlaman) consisting of the Chamber of Counselors (Majlis al-Mustacharin) with 270 seats and the Chamber of Representatives (Majlis al-Nuwab) with 325 seats.
Description of electoral system:
- The King is the hereditary head of state.
- The Prime Minister is appointed by the monarch. The monarch is required to choose the prime minister from the largest party in parliament.
- In the Chamber of Counselors (Majlis al-Mustacharin) 270 members are elected by indirect vote to serve 9-year terms*. In the Chamber of Representatives (Majlis al-Nuwab), 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 / Arabic: الاتحاد الاشتراكي للقوات الشعبية, French: Union Socialiste des Forces Populaires (USFP)
- Leader: Mohammed EL-YAZGHI
- Seats won in this Chamber of Representatives election: 39
- Seats won in last Chamber of Representatives election: 38
- Party: Istiqlal Party / Arabic: حزب الإستقلال hizb al-istiqlāl, French: Parti de l'Istiqlal (PI)
- Leader: Abbas EL FASSI
- Seats won in this Chamber of Representatives election: 60
- Seats won in last Chamber of Representatives election: 52
- Party: National Rally of Independents / Arabic: التجمع الوطني للأحرار French: Rassemblement National des Indépendents (RNI)
- Leader: Salaheddine MEZOUAR
- Seats won in this Chamber of Representatives election: 52
- Seats won in last Chamber of Representatives election: 39
- Party: Party of Justice and Development / Arabic: حزب العدالة والتنمية French: Parti de la Justice et du Développement (PJD)
- Leader: Abdelillah BENKIRANE
- Seats won in this Chamber of Representatives election: 107
- Seats won in last Chamber of Representatives election: 46
- Party: Popular Movement / لحركة الشعبية Mouvement populaire (MP)
- Leader: Mohamed LAENSER
- Seats won in this Chamber of Representatives election: 32
- Seats won in last Chamber of Representatives election: 41
- Party: Constitutional Union / (Arabic: الاتحاد الدستوري, French: Union constitutionelle (UC)
- Leader: Mohamed ABIED
- Seats won in this Chamber of Representatives election: 23
- Seats won in last Chamber of Representatives election: 27
- Party: Front of Democratic Forces / Front des Forces Démocratiques (FFD)
- Leader: Thami EL KHYARI
- Seats won in this Chamber of Representatives election: 1
- Seats won in last Chamber of Representatives election: 9
- Party: Party of Progress and Socialism / حزب التقدم والاشتراكية /Parti du Progrès et du Socialisme (PPS)
- Leader: Mohammed Nabil Ben ABDALLAH
- Seats won in this Chamber of Representatives election: 18
- Seats won in last Chamber of Representatives election: 17
Population and number of registered voters:
- Population: 32,531,964 (2011)
- Registered Voters: 13,451,404 (July 2011)
Gender Data:
· Female Population: 16,512,813 (2011)
· Is Morocco a signatory to CEDAW: No
· Has Morocco ratified CEDAW: Yes, accession (21 June 1993)
· Gender Quota: Yes
· Female candidates in this election: N/A
· Number of Female Parliamentarians: 34 (following the 2007 elections)
· Human Development Index Position: 126 (2014)
· Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) Categorization: Low (2014)
Disability Data:
· Is Morocco a signatory to CRPD: Yes (30 March 2007)
· Has Morocco ratified CRPD: Yes (8 April 2009)
· Population with a disability: 4,879,794 (est.)