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MOROCCO
Majlis al-Mustacharin (House of Councillors)
ELECTIONS HELD IN 2006

A historical Archive of past election results for this chamber can be found on a separate page

Parliament name (generic / translated) Barlaman / Parliament
Structure of parliament Bicameral
Chamber name (generic / translated) Majlis al-Mustacharin / House of Councillors
Related chamber (for bicameral parliaments) Majliss-annouwab / House of Representatives
BACKGROUND
Dates of election / renewal (from/to) 8 September 2006
Purpose of elections Indirect elections were held for one third of the seats of the House of Councillors (90) on the normal expiry of the members' term of office.
(not applicable, indirect elections)
STATISTICS
Voter turnout
Distribution of votes
Distribution of seats
Distribution of seats according to sex
Men
Women
Percent of women
89
1
0.37%
Distribution of seats according to age
Distribution of seats according to profession
Comments
One woman was elected in the September 2006 indirect elections.
Source:http://www.maroc.ma/
IPU Group of Morocco (23.10.2006)

Notes for the "Distribution of seats according to sex":
The percentage below is based on the statutory number of 270.

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