Parliament of Morocco

Parliament of Morocco البرلمان المغربي ⴰⴱⵕⵍⴰⵎⴰⵏ ⴰⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱⵉ Parlement du Maroc
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	House of Councillors House of Representatives
History
Founded	August 2, 1956 (1956-08-02) (Non elected chambers in 1904, 1908, 1919, 1947, and 1951)[1]
Leadership
President of the House of Councillors	Hakim Benchemmach, PAM since 13 October 2015[2]
President of the House of Representatives	El Habib El Malki, USFP since 16 January 2017[3]
Structure
Seats	595 members 120 councilors 395 representatives
House of Councillors political groups	Government coalition[4] (40)   PJD (12)   MP (10)   RNI (8)   USFP (5)   UC (3)   PPS (2) Opposition (80)   PI (24)   PAM (23)   MP (10)   RNI (8)   UMT (6)   CDT (4)   UNMT (4)   UGTM (3)   MDS (3)   Democratic Al Ahd Party (1)   PRD (1)   FDT (1)   ODT (1)   SND (1)   Independent (8)
House of Representatives political groups	Government coalition[4] (240)   PJD (125)   RNI (37)   MP (27)   USFP (20)   UC (19)   PPS (12) Opposition (155)   PAM (102)   PI (46)   MDS (3)   FGD (2)   PUD (1)   PGVM (1)
Elections
House of Councillors voting system	Indirect election
House of Representatives voting system	Mixed member majoritarian (Single non-transferable vote for 305 seats, 60 seats reserved for women and 30 seats reserved for young people under 40 by proportional representation)
House of Councillors last election	2 October 2015
House of Representatives last election	7 October 2016
House of Representatives next election	November 2021
Meeting place
Rabat, Morocco
Website
www.parlement.ma

The Parliament of Morocco (Arabic: البرلمان المغربي; Berber languages: ⴰⴱⵕⵍⴰⵎⴰⵏ ⴰⵎⵖⵔⵉⴱⵉ; French: Parlement du Maroc) is the bicameral legislature located in Rabat, the capital of Morocco.

Since 1996, the national legislature has become bicameral and has two parliamentary chambers:

• The House of Representatives or the lower house. 395 members elected directly for a five-year term.
• The House of Councillors's 120 members are elected for a six-year term by two sets of electoral colleges.

1. ↑ (in French) L'assemblée Nationale Consultative Marocaine Archived 2020-07-21 at the Wayback Machine
2. ↑ "14/10/2015: HM the King Congratulates Abdelhakim Benchamach On Election As Speaker of the Chamber of Advisors". allafrica.com. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
3. ↑ "16/01/2017: Habib El Malki elected President of the House of Representatives, on Monday 16 January 2017". Chambredesrepresentants.ma. Archived from the original on 2018-06-17. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Igrouane, Youssef (27 March 2017). "Morocco's New Government Coalition Includes 30 Ministers". Morocco World News. Retrieved 1 April 2017.