Morocco votes for a new parliament after Gen Z protests and migration surge to Ceuta
The PAM led provisional results with 97 seats as voters voiced frustration over unemployment, inequality and low trust in politics, officials said.
- On Thursday, September 24, 2026, provisional results confirmed the Authenticity and Modernity Party won Morocco's parliamentary election, securing 97 of 395 seats in the House of Representatives.
- Voter turnout plummeted to 38 percent on September 23, the lowest level in nearly two decades, as widespread apathy and frustration over youth unemployment and living costs shaped the election.
- Under the 2011 constitution, King Mohammed VI must appoint a prime minister from PAM, who will oversee a $20 billion infrastructure push for the 2030 World Cup.
- Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, the territorial planning minister, emerges as a potential prime minister candidate, though PAM faces scrutiny following a June drug-trafficking case dubbed the "Escobar of the Sahara."
- The new administration must address lingering unrest from last year's Gen Z-led protests and the July migration crisis at the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, which exposed deep inequality.
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A turnout of 38%, almost 12 points less than in 2021. To desert the ballot boxes are mainly the young people, the same ones that a year ago had come to the streets asking for work, health and education. On the table of the new government unemployment, inequalities and distrust in politics
Arrived in the lead but without an absolute majority, the Authenticity and Modernity Party (MAP) will have to form a new alliance.
The voter turnout in Morocco has not been so low for 20 years. Especially the young population is frustrated. In fact, most of the power lies with the king anyway.
Without an absolute majority, the Authenticity and Modernity Party (MAP) will have to form a new alliance with the other parties.
Voters in Morocco have placed the Authenticity and Modernity Party (MAP) at the top of the general elections on Wednesday, September 23. The 38% turnout has been the lowest in nearly 20 years.
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