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2016 Moroccan general election

2016 Moroccan general election
Morocco
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All 395 seats in the House of Representatives
198 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
PJD Abdelilah Benkirane 27.88 125 +18
PAM Ilyas El Omari 20.95 102 +55
Istiqlal Hamid Chabat 10.68 46 −14
RNI Salaheddine Mezouar 9.32 37 −15
MP Mohand Laenser 6.84 27 −5
USFP Driss Lachgar 6.19 20 −19
PPS Nabil Benabdallah 4.72 12 −6
UC Mohamed Abied 4.52 19 −4
FGD Nabila Mounib 2.83 2 New
MDS Mahmoud Archane 1.34 3 +1
PUD Ahmed Fitri 0.41 1 0
PVG Mohamed Fares 0.41 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Prime Minister before Prime Minister after
Abdelillah Benkirane
PJD
Saadeddine Othmani
PJD

General elections were held in Morocco on 7 October 2016.[1] The ruling Justice and Development Party remained the largest party, winning 125 of the 395 seats in the House of Representatives, a gain of 18 seats compared to the 2011 elections.

Saadeddine Othmani was appointed as prime minister by King Mohammed VI and formed his cabinet on 5 April 2017, including the PJD, the National Rally of Independents (RNI), the Popular Movement (MP), the Constitutional Union (UC), the Party of Progress and Socialism (PPS) and the Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP).

  1. ^ Morocco The World Factbook

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