Five percent of candidates to local poll are females
Morocco, Politics, 8/30/2003

Five percent of candidates to the local elections Morocco will hold next September 12 are females.

According to figures by the Interior Department, 30 percent of candidates to these elections are below 34 of age and 31 percent are aged between 35 and 44.

Twenty-six percent of candidates are aged between 45 and 55 and 13 percent only are above 55.

Some 122,658 candidates mostly representing political parties, will vie for 23,689 seats in local urban and rural councils throughout Morocco.

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