Morocco: PAM Won Local Elections & PJD Won Regional Elections

The Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) won local elections on Friday, after the counting of 81 pc of the votes, with 5,064 seats, 20.77 pc of the votes cast, followed by the Justice and Development Party ( PJD) with 4.187 seats (17.17 pc) and the Istiqlal Party (PI) with 3,924 seats (16.09 pc), said the Interior Minister, Mohamed Assad.

The results of the 2015 municipal announced on the night of Friday to Saturday by the Minister give fourth place in National Rally of Independents (RNI) with 3.343 seats (13.71 pc), while the 5-th and 6 the places are respectively returned to the People’s Movement (2347 seats 9.62 pc) and the USFP (2.008 seats 8.23 ​​pc).

The Party of Progress and Socialism (PPS) and the Constitutional Union obtained the 7th and 8th places respectively with 1.312 seats (5.38 pc) and 1124 seats (4.61 pc).

The returning September 4 was attended by 8,121,000 voters, against more than 7 million in the communal elections of 2009, a participation rate of 52.36 pc.

The municipal and regional elections of September 4th took place in normal conditions and in the standards that guarantee the transparency and credibility (…) the electoral process, except for a few isolated incidents in some polling stations in the rural communes of Sidi -Bennour (3 offices), Rhamna (2), Kenitra (2) and Khemisset (2).”