PAM wins big in Morocco parliament elections but falls short of majority

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x whatsapp-stroke copylink google Add Al Jazeera on Google info Fatima Ezzahra Mansouri, a member of Morocco's Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) who serves as the country's minister of national planning, urban planning, housing and urban policy as well as mayor of Marrakesh, attends a news conference in Rabat on September 24, 2026 [Abdel Majed Bziouat/AFP] By Al Jazeera Staff and AP Published On 26 Sep 2026 26 Sep 2026 Morocco’s Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) has won the most seats in the country’s parliamentary election.

The monarchy-aligned PAM, part of the ruling coalition, took 97 of the 395 seats in the House of Representatives, Morocco’s lower house of parliament, according to final results announced by the Ministry of Interior on Friday.