Morocco kicks off parliamentary election campaign with 27 parties in race

Morocco’s campaign for parliamentary elections kicked off Thursday, with 27 political parties vying for 395 seats in the House of Representatives ahead of a Sept. 23 vote, Anadolu reports.

More than 15.8 million voters are registered for the elections, which will determine the makeup of the lower chamber of Parliament.

Campaigning will continue until midnight Tuesday, Sept. 22, with voters heading to the polls the following day.

According to official data, 15,801,162 voters were registered on electoral rolls as of July.

The elections will test the standing of the parties that have governed Morocco since the last parliamentary vote in 2021, when Aziz Akhannouch’s National Rally of Independents (RNI) emerged as the largest party with 102 seats.

The Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) came second with 86 seats, followed by the Istiqlal Party with 81.

The three parties went on to form a coalition government headed by Akhannouch.

Ahead of this year’s vote, Interior Minister Abdelouafi Laftit pledged in November 2025 to ensure transparency in the elections.

He said the main “major challenges” facing the upcoming elections involve establishing rules that would ensure transparency in political and electoral life in the kingdom.

Members of the 395-seat House of Representatives are elected by direct universal suffrage using party lists.

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