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PJD's record 125 seats — and the PAM surge
From the politics desk — 7 October 2016
On 7 October 2016 the PJD posted the best score of any party under the current system: 125 seats. But the establishment-backed opposition PAM jumped to 102.
- Date
- 7 October 2016
- Chamber
- 395 seats
- Turnout
- 42.3%
- Registered
- 15,702,592
- Reign
- Mohammed VI
- Prime minister
- Saadeddine Othmani (PJD)
Five months of deadlocked coalition talks led the king to replace Benkirane with Saadeddine Othmani (April 2017), heading a PJD–RNI–MP–USFP–UC–PPS coalition. A bitterly hostile PJD–PAM campaign and 42.3% turnout marked this election.
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 (198 seats)
| Party | Share | seats |
|---|---|---|
| Parti de la justice et du développement1st | 27.9% | 125 |
| Parti authenticité et modernité | 21.0% | 102 |
| Parti de l'Istiqlal | 10.7% | 46 |
| Rassemblement national des indépendants | 9.3% | 37 |
| Mouvement populaire | 6.8% | 27 |
| Union socialiste des forces populaires | 6.2% | 20 |
| Union constitutionnelle | 4.5% | 19 |
| Parti du progrès et du socialisme | 4.7% | 12 |
| Other parties | — | 7 |