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Record abstention: 37% turnout as Istiqlal comes first
From the politics desk — 7 September 2007
On 7 September 2007, during Ramadan, Istiqlal finished first with 52 seats while the PJD led in votes. Turnout fell to 37% — a record low.
- Date
- 7 September 2007
- Chamber
- 325 seats
- Turnout
- 37.0%
- Registered
- 15,462,362
- Reign
- Mohammed VI
- Prime minister
- Abbas El Fassi (PI)
Nearly one in five ballots was blank or spoilt, a sign of disaffection with a political class seen as serving the palace. Abbas El Fassi formed an expanded Koutla government (Istiqlal, USFP, PPS, RNI, MP — 187 seats); the PJD stayed in opposition. The first Moroccan election observed by international monitors.
Turnout through time
- 196371.8%
- 197085.3%
- 197782.4%
- 198467.4%
- 199362.8%
- 199758.3%
- 200251.6%
- 200737.0%
- 201145.4%
- 201642.3%
- 202150.2%
- 202638.1%
- This election
The results
Absolute majority (163 seats)
| Party | Share | seats |
|---|---|---|
| Parti de l'Istiqlal1st | 11.8% | 52 |
| Parti de la justice et du développement | 13.4% | 46 |
| Mouvement populaire | 10.0% | 41 |
| Rassemblement national des indépendants | 10.5% | 39 |
| Union socialiste des forces populaires | 9.5% | 38 |
| Union constitutionnelle | 7.3% | 27 |
| Parti du progrès et du socialisme | 6.2% | 17 |
| Other parties | — | 65 |