Moroccan general election, 2016

Moroccan general election, 2016

← 2011 7 October 2016

Party Leader % 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 Mohammed Abied 4.52 19 -4 FGD 2.83 2 New MDS 1.34 3 +1 PUD 0.41 1 0 PVG 0.41 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Prime Minister before Prime Minister after Abdelillah Benkirane PJD Abdelillah Benkirane PJD

General elections were held in Morocco on 7 October 2016. 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. Abdelillah Benkirane was reappointed Prime Minister by the King on 10 October.

The elections were announced by the Moroccan government in late January 2016. They were the second elections after the constitutional reforms introduced in 2011 by King Mohammed VI in response to the Arab Spring. Despite the reforms, most executive powers still lie with the king.

The 2011 elections were won by the Justice and Development Party (PJD), which has led the government since then. The party is described as "moderate Islamist", but its government coalition included parties with differing ideologies. The incumbent Prime Minister is Abdelilah Benkirane.

The largest opposing party is the Party of Authenticity and Modernity (PAM), which is described as being pro-monarchy. PJD and PAM ran an "unusually hostile" campaign. The largest Islamist opposition group, Justice and Spirituality, as well as several left-wing organizations boycotted the election, protesting the monarchy's still considerable executive powers.

The 395 seats in the House of Representatives are elected by proportional representation in two tiers: 305 seats are elected from 92 multi-member constituencies, with the electoral threshold set at 6%, and the remaining 90 seats are elected from a single nationwide constituency with the electoral threshold set at 3%. The nationwide seats are reserved, with 60 for women and 30 for people under the age of 40.