Islamic party allowed to participate in Moroccan election

For the first time in the history of Moroccan elections, the Islamic voice will be heard in the election due to be held on November 14, as the Constitutional Popular Movement has been allowed to participate in that election.

Some think that the Moroccan government allowed these voices to be heard in order to learn the size of the Islamic support and its effect on the political map of Morocco.

Sources expect that the Socialist Coalition will have great presence in the big cities like Rabat, Fass, Aghadeer and Tangier, while Casablanca has always been the stronghold of the Gathering of the Free and the Constitutional Coalition. The villages are predominated by the Independence Party and the People's Movement.

Experts in the Moroccan political and social map believe that there is no political party that possesses the majority, so no party can obtain the majority without having the election tampered with.

The opposition parties were expected to run this election through one unified body which the most optimists thought would give them 39% of the total seats, while the pessimists believed that this unified body would only give them between 32% to 35%. But as the opposition parties opted for the individual nominee style, the opposition body was subjected to erosion, and the results of the election will certainly be a surprise as they are out of expectations.

As for the right-wing parties or the reconciliation parties, which include the Constitutional Coalition, the Popular Movement, and the National Democratic Party, they are expected to get between 25% to 28%.

The middle parties are expected to get between 18% to 20%. The most prominent middle parties are the National Gathering of the Free, the National People's Movement and the Socialist Democratic Movement.