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MOROCCOMajliss-annouwab (House of Representatives)
Barlaman / Parliament
Majliss-annouwab / House of Representatives
Majlis al-Mustacharin / House of Councillors
Habib El Malki (M) Notes Elected on 16 Jan. 2017.
Najib El Khadi (M) COMPOSITION
81 (20.51%)
Mode of designation directly elected 395
BP 431 - RABAT
(212 537) 76 09 60
67 95 10
67 95 02
(212 537) 67 96 01 (Secretary General)
(212 537) 76 77 26 (Cabinet du Président / Office of the President)
(212 537) 76 03 90 (Secrétaire général / Secretary General) E-mail
17 August 1997Last amendment: Organic law No. 7-11, 29 Sep't. 2011
- 92 multi-member constituencies (for 305 seats) - One nationwide constituency for 90 seats: 60 reserved for women and 30 reserved for young people under 40 years.
Closed party-list system applying the rule of the highest average without vote-splitting or preferential votes.
- A 6-per-cent threshold applies for the 305 seats filled through electoral districts - A 3-per-cent threshold applies to 90 seats filled by a national list (60 reserved for women and 30 for young people under 40 years old).
Seats that fall vacant during the legislative term are filled through by-elections. In cases where a by-election is held to fill only one seat, a relative majority system in one round applies. Voting is not compulsory.
- Moroccan citizenship
- ineligibility: naturalised citizens, persons restricted by court order
- members of public authorities
- members of the armed and security forces
- heads of regional divisions of the Department of National Security and police commissioners
- all non-elective public posts (except governmental ones) at the national or local level
- work for public undertakings
- candidatures must be submitted at least 14 days prior to polling day
- compulsory monetary deposit reimbursed if the candidate, or list of candidates, obtains at least 5% of the votes cast in the constituency concerned
As in the previous elections, no party won an outright majority in the 395-member House of Representatives. The Justice and Development Party (PJD), led by Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane, remained the largest party, winning 125 seats, up from 107. Its coalition partners in the outgoing legislature (see note) took a total of 128 seats. The PJD's main rival, the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM, liberal, founded by Mr. Fouad Ali El Himma, a former advisor to the King) more than doubled its seats to 102. During the election campaign, the major parties focused on economic and social reforms, the pension system and Islamism .
Note: The PJD-led coalition government formed in January 2012 comprised the Istiqlal Party (PI), the Popular Movement (MP) and the Progress and Socialism Party (PPS). The National Rally of Independents (RNI) joined in October 2013, replacing the PI.
Date of previous elections: 25 November 2011
Number of seats at stake: 395 (full renewal)
Number of candidates: 6,992 Percentage of women candidates: Not available.
Number of parties contesting the election: 32
Name of the new Speaker: Mr. Habib El Malki (Socialist Union of Popular Forces, USFP)
Round no 17 October 2016
15'702'592
Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM)
Istiqlal Party (PI)
Popular Movement (MP)
Progress and Socialism Party (PPS)
Democratic and social Movement (MDS)
Federation of the Democratic Left (FGD)
Moroccan Green Left Party (PGVM)
Constituency seats List seats Justice and Development Party (PJD)
3148120.51%
Sources: House of Representatives (26.10.2016)
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- duration: 2 and a half years - reasons for interruption of the term: resignation, death, dissolution
- elected by all the Members of the House of Representatives
- elected at the start of the legislature and subsequently in the third year for the rest of the legislature
- after validation of Members' mandates
- any Member who has formally announced his candidature is eligible
- notification of candidature may be made at the first plenary sitting devoted to the election
- absolute majority in the first and second rounds, relative majority in the third round
- the provisional Bureau chaired by the oldest Member and seconded by the four youngest Members presides over the House during the voting - the youngest Members of the Bureau supervise the voting - the provisional Chair announces the results without delay - the results cannot be challenged
- ranks third in the hierarchy of the State immediately after the Head of the Government
- represents the Assembly with the public authorities - is a member of the Consultative Council for Human Rights - represents the Assembly in international bodies (IPU, AIPU, UAP) - presides over the Board and the Conference of Speakers - in the absence of the Speaker, the Deputy Speakers can assume his/her role and functions
- is set up and regulated by the Standing Orders - consists of the Speaker (term of two and a half years), eight Deputy Speakers, two quaestors, and three parliamentary secretaries (term of two and a half years) - meets once weekly at the Speaker's initiative - constitutes a true collegial presidency
- convenes sessions - organizes the debates and sets speaking time - examines the admissibility of bills and amendments - refers texts to a committee for study - examines the admissibility of requests for setting up committees and/or commissions of enquiry, proposes or decides on the setting-up of such committees Chairing of public sittings
- takes disciplinary measures within the House
- interprets the rules or other regulations governing the life of the House in the light of precedents
- supervises the establishment of the budget which is prepared by the quaestor's office
- recruits, assigns and promotes staff with the Board's agreement
- organizes the services of Parliament together with the Board and the Clerk
- plays a specific role in overseeing foreign relations and defence
- may take part in voting - however, his/her duties call for neutrality
- appoints four of the nine members of the Constitutional Court
- may be consulted if the Head of State decides to introduce exceptional powers
· Free representation (Art. 30 of the 2011 Constitution) Start of the mandate
· When the results are declared Validation of mandates
· No validation, except in the event of challenge. In this case, the Constitutional Council rules on the regularity of the election (Art. 79 (1) of the Constitution).
· Procedure (Art. 79 (7) of the Constitution, Art. 48 and 49 of the Organic Law on the Composition of and Election to the House of Representatives)
· On the day when the legal term of the House ends - or on the day of early dissolution (Art. 3 (2) of the Organic Law on the Compostion of and Election to the House of Representatives; for dissolution, see Art. 70 and 71 (2) of the Constitution)
· Authority competent to accept the resignation: the President of the House of Representatives
(a)	Revocation before expiry of mandate
(c)	Loss of mandate by judicial decision: loss of mandate for ineligibilities or incompatibilities (Art. 12, 14 and 15 of the Organic Law on the Composition of and Election to the House of Representatives)
· Official passport · Basic salary: DH 30,000 + Additional allowance · Exemption from tax · Pension scheme · Other facilities: (a) Secretariat for parliamentary groups (b) Official housing (c) Official car: allowance for Board members and Committee Chairpersons (d) Security guards (e) Postal and telephone services: (f) Travel and transport: 50% reduction on tickets Obligation to declare personal assets
· The concept exists (Art. 37 (1) of the Constitution). · Parliamentary non-accountability applies to words spoken and written by MPs both within and outside Parliament as long as it falls within the exercise of their parliamentary mandate. · Exceptions: opinions which call into question the monarchy or Islam or which constitute disrespect for the King Parliamentary immunity - parliamentary inviolability
· The concept exists (Art. 37 (2) and (3) of the Constitution). · It covers all offences with the exception of opinions which call into question the monarchy or Islam or which constitute disrespect for the King, and protects MPs from arrest and from being held in preventive custody, from the opening of judicial proceedings against them and from their homes being searched. · Exceptions: - When Parliament is in session, an MP can be prosecuted or arrested for flagrante delicto crimes or offences. - When Parliament is in recess, an MP can be arrested for cases involving flagrante delicto, authorized prosecution or final sentencing. · Protection is provided from the start to the end of the mandate. It does not automatically cover judicial proceedings instituted against MPs before their election, but these may be suspended (Art. 37 (4) of the Constitution). · Parliamentary immunity (inviolability) can be lifted (Art. 37 (2) and (3) of the Constitution): - Competent authority: the House; the Bureau of the House (arrests during recesses) · Parliament can suspend the prosecution and/or detention of one of its members (Art. 37 (4) of the Constitution): - Competent authority: the House of Representatives - Procedure (Art. 37 (4) of the Constitution) EXERCISE OF THE MANDATE
Following the elections of 25 November 2011, the Secretary General prepared a guide as well as a set of important documents constituting an MP's briefcase, which was distributed to all members of parliament at the start of the parliamentary term. Furthermore, a training/induction session in parliamentary procedure and practice for MPs was organized by the parliamentary groups.
· Members of parliament must be present for the plenary sittings, committee sittings and at the inaugural session, which is presided over by His Majesty the King the second Friday in October each year. · Sanctions are provided for cases of unjustified absence for plenary sittings and are set forth in the Standing Orders of the House of Representatives.
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