00:00Morocco's Centre-Right Authenticity and Modernity Party, or PAM, has emerged as the largest party in the parliamentary elections, according
00:09to provisional results, announced on Thursday.
00:12The result will determine which party gets the first opportunity to form a government with the Prime Minister appointed by
00:18the King from the party that wins the most seats.
00:23According to provisional results, the vote count and tallying at local and regional constituency level produced the following results.
00:32The Authenticity and Modernity Party, PAM, won 97 seats, the National Rally of Independents, 66 seats, the Istanbul Party, 65
00:44seats, and the Justice Development Party, 54 seats.
00:48The low participation comes amid concerns over unemployment, inequality, health care, and education.
00:56Morocco also saw youth-led protests last year demanding improvement to public services.
01:02Turnout stood at just 38 percent, down from 50 percent in 2021, and the lowest since 2007.
