2007: record-low turnout
Turnout of just 37%; Istiqlal came first with 52 seats, the USFP fell sharply, and Abbas El Fassi became Prime Minister.
Turnout of just 37%; Istiqlal came first with 52 seats, the USFP fell sharply, and Abbas El Fassi became Prime Minister.
The election on 7 September 2007 involved 33 parties and recorded the lowest turnout in Moroccan legislative history, about 37% .
Istiqlal came first with 52 seats, ahead of the PJD (46), which many polls had tipped to win, then the newly reunited Popular Movement (41) and the RNI (39). The USFP fell to 38 seats and lost its place as the largest party .
The King appointed Istiqlal Secretary-General Abbas El Fassi as Prime Minister on 19 September 2007, returning to the practice of choosing the Prime Minister from the winning party . Less than a year later the Authenticity and Modernity Party was founded around Fouad Ali El Himma's Movement for All Democrats .
Sources
- 2007 Moroccan general election · Wikipedia · 2026-09-28
- Authenticity and Modernity Party · Wikipedia · 2026-09-28