List of political parties in Morocco explained

This article lists political parties in Morocco.

Morocco has had a multi-party system since independence in 1956 with numerous parties ranging in ideology from the far-left to Islamists. The Moroccan electoral system leads the political parties to seek coalition governments. However, the Prime Minister appointed by the King from the party that achieved a plurality in the parliamentary elections, and four other main cabinet ministers are appointed by the King of Morocco.^[1]

Since Morocco considers the disputed territory of Western Sahara to be its Southern Provinces, the political parties are also active in those parts of the territory administered by Morocco.^[2]

Parties represented in parliament

Party		Abbr.	Est.	Leader	Political position	Ideology	Councillors
bgcolor=		National Rally of Independents ar\|التجمع الوطني للاحرار fr\|Rassemblement national des indépendants ber\|ⴰⴳⵔⴰⵡ ⴰⵏⴰⵎⵓⵔ ⵢ ⵉⵏⵙⵉⵎⴰⵏⵏ	RNI	1978	Aziz Akhannouch	Centre to centre-right	Classical liberalism Economic liberalism Monarchism
bgcolor=		Authenticity and Modernity Party ar\|حزب الأصالة والمعاصرة fr\|Parti authenticité et modernité ber\|ⴰⵎⵓⵍⵍⵉ ⵏ ⵜⴰⵥⵖⵓⵕⵜ ⴷ ⵜⴰⵎⵜⵔⴰⵔⵜ	PAM	2008	Abdellatif Ouahbi	Syncretic	Reformism Monarchism Social liberalism
bgcolor=		Istiqlal Party ar\|حزب الاستقلال fr\|Parti de l'Istiqlal ber\|ⴰⴽⴰⴱⴰⵔ ⵏ ⵍⵉⵙⵜⵉⵇⵍⴰⵍ	PI	1937	Nizar Baraka	Centre-right	Conservatism Nationalism
bgcolor=		Socialist Union of Popular Forces ar\|الاتحاد الاشتراكي للقوات الشعبية fr\|Union socialiste des forces populaires ber\|ⵜⴰⵎⵓⵏⵜ ⵜⴰⵏⵎⵍⴰⵢⵜ ⵏⵉⵖⴰⵍⵍⵏ ⵉⴳⴷⵓⴷⴰⵏⵏ	USFP	1975		Centre-left	Social democracy Democratic socialism Progressivism Social liberalism
bgcolor=		Popular Movement ar\|الحركة الشعبية fr\|Mouvement populaire ber\|ⴰⵎⵓⵙⵙⵓ ⴰⵎⴷⵏⴰⵏ	MP	1957	Mohand Laenser	Centre-right	Conservative liberalism Monarchism
	Party of Progress and Socialism ar\|حزب التقدم والاشتراكية fr\|Parti du progrès et du socialisme ber\|ⴰⴽⴰⴱⴰⵔ ⵏ ⵓⴼⴰⵔⴰ ⴷ ⵜⵏⵎⵍⴰ	PPS	1974	Nabil Benabdallah	Left-wing	Progressivism Socialism
bgcolor=		Constitutional Union ar\|الاتحاد الدستوري fr\|Union constitutionnelle ber\|ⴰⵍⵉⵜⵜⵉⴰⴷ ⴰⴷⴷⵓⵙⵜⵓⵔⵉ	UC	1983		Centre-right	Monarchism Liberal conservatism Conservative liberalism Economic liberalism Populism
bgcolor=		Justice and Development Party ar\|حزب العدالة و التنمية fr\|Parti de la justice et du développement ber\|ⴰⴽⴰⴱⴰⵔ ⵏ ⵜⴰⵏⵣⵣⴰⵔⴼⵓⵜ ⴷ ⵜⴰⵏⴼⵍⵉⵜ	PJD	1998	Abdelilah Benkirane	Right-wing	Islamic democracy Conservatism Nationalism Islamism
bgcolor=		Democratic and Social Movement ar\|الحركة الديمقراطية والاجتماعية fr\|Mouvement démocratique et social	MDS	1996	Mahmoud Archane	Centre-right	Royalism Makhzenism
	Front of Democratic Forces ar\|جبهة القوى الديمقراطية fr\|Front des forces démocratiques	FFD	1997	Thami El Khyari	Left-wing	Socialism
bgcolor=#0377BC		Party of Hope ar\|حزب الأمل fr\|Parti de l'espoir	PE	1999	Mohamed Beni Ould Baraka	Centre	Modernism Liberalism Socialism
bgcolor=		Federation of the Democratic Left ar\|فيدرالية اليسار الديمقراطي fr\|Alliance de la fédération de gauche ber\|ⵜⴰⴼⵉⴷⵉⵔⴰⵍⵉⵜ ⵏ ⵓⵥⵍⵎⴰⴹ ⴰⵎⴰⴳⴷⴰⵢ	FGD	2007		Left-wing	Socialism Progressivism Anti-imperialism
bgcolor=		Unified Socialist Party ar\|الحزب الإشتراكي الموحد fr\|Parti socialiste unifié ber\|ⴰⵎⵓⵍⵍⵉ ⴰⵙⵔⵎⵓⵏ ⵉⵎⵓⵏⵏ	PSU	2005	Jamal El Asri	Left-wing	Democratic socialism Progressivism Left-wing nationalism Left-wing populism Anti-imperialism
Unions
bgcolor=		Moroccan Workers' Union ar\|الاتحاد المغربي للشغل fr\|Union marocaine du travail	UMT	1955	Miloudi Moukharik		Labourism
bgcolor=#0069A0		ar\|الاتحاد العام لمقاولات المغرب fr\|Confédération générale des entreprises du Maroc	CGEM	1947	Chakib Alj		Employers' organization
bgcolor=#B79A58		General Union of Moroccan Workers ar\|الاتحاد العام للشغالين بالمغرب fr\|Union générale des travailleurs du Maroc	UGTM	1960	Enaam Mayara		Labourism Aligned with PI
bgcolor=#FF8000		National Labour Union of Morocco ar\|الاتحاد الوطني للشغل بالمغرب fr\|Union national du travail au Maroc	UNTM	1973	Abdelslam Maâti		Labourism Aligned with PJD
bgcolor=#E81C23		Democratic Federation of Labour ar\|الاتحاد الديمقراطي للعمل fr\|Fédération démocratique du travail	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 (French: La voie démocratique)
Green Party for Development (French: Parti des verts pour le développement)
Izigzawen
Moroccan Liberal Party (Parti Marocain Libéral, Alhizbo almaghribi allibirali)
Moroccan Union for Democracy (French: Union Marocaine pour la Démocratie)
- 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 (French: Parti du Renouveau et de l'Équité)
Party of the Social Center (French: Parti du centre social)
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 (French: Union nationale des forces populaires)
- 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)

Notes and References

Web site: The Constitutional Monarchy Option in Morocco and Bahrain . Middle East Policy Council.
Web site: I. Berman . Ilan . What Morocco's Elections Mean .