After counting 96 percent of the ballots, the National Rally of Independents (RNI) won the elections for members of the House of Representatives held on Wednesday, while the Justice and Development Party (PJD) suffered a severe loss.

After two terms at the head of the government and 125 members in the House of Representatives in 2016, the PJD was only able to gain twelve seats in this election, putting it in eighth position.

This is the PJD’s lowest vote total since its debut appearance in the 1997 elections, when it won nine seats.

The RNI, on the other hand, took a giant step forward by gaining more than double the seats it won in 2016 (37 seats), establishing itself as the most powerful political force in the country.

Furthermore, despite losing 20 seats in Parliament, the Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) was able to maintain its second-place finish from the 2016 elections, despite dropping from 102 to 82 seats.

In contrast, the Istiqlal Party (PI) maintained third place with a significant rise in seats, confirming its status as a major challenger by gaining 78 seats compared to 46 in 2016.

The same can be said for the Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP), which nearly doubled its share of seats from 18 in 2016 to 35 in 2018, allowing it to claim fourth place and signaling his return to politics.

With a total of 26 seats, the Popular Movement (MP) maintained its fifth place.

The Party for Progress and Socialism (PPS) climbed two places to sixth place with 20 seats, up from eighth place with 12 seats in 2016, while the Constitutional Union (UC) retained its first-place position with 18 MPs, up from 19 in 2016.

As a result of the election results, a new political landscape has emerged, and the government formation scenario is now open to all possibilities.

The parliamentary, regional, and municipal elections on September 8 were held in regular conditions and in accordance with the Covid-19 pandemic’s preventative measures. The nationwide participation percentage in these surveys was 50.35 percent, up to 42 percent in 2016.

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The Minister of Interior, AbdelOuafi Laftit, announced the National Rally of independents (RN) party’s lead in the professional elections held yesterday, with 683 seats and 28.6 percent.
Abdelouafi Laftit announced at a press conference at the Ministry of the Interior headquarters that the results for the peasant chambers had been announced by the voting offices and central offices, as well as the provisional results for the Chambers of Commerce, Industry, and Services and the Chambers of Industry and Fishing.
Therefore, The Minister of the Interior affirmed that the Independence Party came in second place with 360 seats, followed by the Party of Authenticity and Modernity with 363 seats, and the Popular Movement with 160 seats in these elections.
The Socialist Union Party received 146 votes, followed by the Constitutional Union Party, which received 90 votes, the Progress and Socialism Party, which received 82 votes, and the Justice and Development Party, which received 82 votes.
The results of the elections for the professional chambers, according to the Minister of the Interior are as following:
Party of the national rally of independents 638 Party of Authenticity and Modernity 363 Independence Party 360
Socialist Federation of the People’s Forces 146 Justice and Development Party 49 Constitutional Union 90
Popular Movement 160
Progress and socialism 82
The remaining parties (23 parties) 71 Independent regulations 241

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