Parties Represented in The Parliament Elected in 2007
The most recent parliamentary elections took place in Morocco on 7 September 2007, the next ones will take place on 25 November 2011
- common parliamentary group of the National Rally of Independents (Rassemblement National des Indépendents, At-Tajammoe Al-Watani Lil-Ahrar) and the Authenticity and Modernity Party (Parti de l'authenticité et de la modernité, a 2008 merger between the Covenant Party, the Environment and Development Party, the Alliance of Liberties and the Citizenship and Development Initiative)
- Independence Party (Hizb al-Istiqlal/Parti de l'Indépendance)
- Justice and Development Party (Parti de la Justice et du Développement, Hizb Al-Adala Wa At-tanmia)
- People's Movement (Mouvement Populaire, Alharaka ashaabia), a 25 March 2006 merger between:
- People's Movement (Mouvement Populaire)
- National Popular Movement (Mouvement National Populaire, Alharaka alwatania ashaabia)
- Democratic Union (Union démocratique)
- Socialist Union of Popular Forces (Union Socialiste des Forces Populaires, Al ittihad alishtiraki lilqowati ashaabia)
- Constitutional Union (Union Constitutionelle, Al-Ittihad Ad-dostori)
- Modernist Left Pole, comprising three parties:
- Party of Progress and Socialism (Parti du Progrès et du Socialisme, Hizbo attaqadomi wa alishtirakia)
- Front of Democratic Forces (Front des Forces Démocratiques, Jabhato alqiwa addimoqratia), 1997 splinter from the Party of Progress and Socialism
- Labour Party (Parti travailliste, Hizb al’amali), splinter from the Socialist Union of Popular Forces
- National Democratic Party (Parti National-Démocrate) - in electoral alliance in 2007 with the Covenant Party
- Democratic and Social Movement (Mouvement Démocratique et Social, Alharaka addimoqratia wa ashabia)
- Alliance of the Democratic Left, electoral alliance in 2007 and 2009, afterwards a more political platform:
- National Congress Party (Parti du Congrès National Ittihadi, Hizbo almotamari alwatani Ittihadi)
- Democratic Socialist Vanguard Party (Parti de l'Avant-garde Démocratique Socialiste)
- United Socialist Party (Parti de la Gauche Socialiste Unifiée, Hizbo alyassari alishtiraki almotahid)
- Party of Renewal and Equity (Parti du Renouveau et de l'Équité)
- Socialist Party (Parti Socialiste), splinter from the National Congress Party
- Moroccan Union for Democracy (Union Marocaine pour la Démocratie)
- Citizens' Forces (Forces Citoyennes, Alqiwa alwatania)
- 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
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