This article lists political parties in Morocco.
Morocco has operated under a multi-party system since 1956. Numerous political parties exist, representing a wide range of ideologies, from the far left to parties with Islamist orientations. The Moroccan electoral system encourages the formation of coalition governments.
Under the Constitution, the Head of Government is appointed by the King from the political party that wins the largest number of seats in the House of Representatives following parliamentary elections. The King then appoints the members of the government upon proposal of the Head of Government.
Morocco considers the disputed territory of Western Sahara to be part of its Southern Provinces. Political parties operating in Morocco are therefore also active in the areas of the territory administered by the Moroccan government.
Parties represented in parliament
Party Abbr. Est. Leader Politicalposition Ideology Councillors Representatives National Rally of Independents RNI 1978 Aziz Akhannouch Centre tocentre-right Authenticity and Modernity Party PAM 2008 Abdellatif Ouahbi Syncretic Istiqlal Party PI 1937 Nizar Baraka Centre-right Socialist Union of Popular Forces USFP 1975 Driss Lachgar Centre-left Popular Movement MP 1957 Mohand Laenser Centre-right Party of Progress and Socialism PPS 1974 Nabil Benabdallah Left-wing Constitutional Union UC 1983 Mohammed Sajid Centre-right Justice and Development Party PJD 1998 Abdelilah Benkirane Right-wing Democratic and Social Movement MDS 1996 Mahmoud Archane Centre-right Front of Democratic Forces FFD 1997 Thami El Khyari Left-wing Socialism Party of HopePE 1999 Centre Federation of the Democratic Left FGD 2007 Left-wing Unified Socialist Party PSU 2005 Jamal El Asri Left-wing Unions Moroccan Workers' Union UMT 1955 Miloudi Moukharik Labourism General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises CGEM 1947 Chakib Alj Employers' organization General Union of Moroccan Workers UGTM 1960 Enaam Mayara LabourismAligned with PI National Labour Union of Morocco UNTM 1973 Abdelslam Maâti LabourismAligned with PJD Democratic Federation of Labour FDT 2003 Tayeb Mounchid Labourism
Parties without parliamentary representation Action Party (Parti de l'Action) Annahj Addimocrati Citizens' Forces (Forces Citoyennes, Alqiwa alwatania) Democratic and Social Movement (Mouvement Démocratique et Social, Alharaka addimoqratia wa ashabia) Democratic Independence Party (Parti Démocratique et de l'Indépendance, Hizbo ashoura wa alistiqlal) Democratic Way () Green Party for Development () Izigzawen Moroccan Liberal Party (Parti Marocain Libéral, Alhizbo almaghribi allibirali) Moroccan Union for Democracy () National Democratic Party (Parti National-Démocrate) - in electoral alliance in 2007 with the Covenant Party Party of Liberty and Social Justice (Parti de la Liberté et de la Justice Sociale) Party of Renaissance and Virtue (Parti de la renaissance et de la vertu, Hizb en-nahda wal fadila), 2006 splinter from the Justice and Development Party Party of Renewal and Equity () Party of the Social Center () Reform and Development Party (Parti de la Réforme et du Développement, Hizbo alisslahi wa attanmia) Renaissance Party (Parti Annahda) Social Centre Party (Parti du Centre Social)
Defunct parties Democratic Socialist Party (Parti Socialiste Démocratique) Labour Party (Parti travailliste, Hizb al’amali), splinter from the Socialist Union of Popular Forces National Union of Popular Forces () Socialist Party (Parti Socialiste), splinter from the National Congress Party Amazigh Moroccan Democratic Party (Parti Démocratique Morocain Amazigh, PDAM, judicially dissolved and recreated under the denomination Izigzawen)
Banned parties Hizb ut-Tahrir Ila al-Amam Party of al-Badil al-Hadari (Parti de l'alternative civilisationnelle)
See also Politics of Morocco List of political parties by country
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