Morocco's Legislative Election: Polling Concludes with Low Turnout Among Young Voters

Polling stations closed on Wednesday (September 23rd) in Morocco, at the end of a day of legislative elections in which nearly 16 million voters were called to choose the 395 members of the House of Representatives. The vote took place without any major incident reported, according to available information.

A year after a protest movement in the country, the participation of young voters was the subject of particular attention from observers, with several indications suggesting a very low turnout in this age group. No official turnout figures were available immediately after the polls closed.

An election under surveillance

The composition of the future House of Representatives will determine the political balance of power for the coming legislature. The final results and the overall turnout are expected to be communicated by the Moroccan electoral authorities in the coming days.

The context of this election was marked by the aftermath of the protest movement that had occurred a year earlier, whose demands focused in particular on social and economic issues. The supposed low turnout of young voters could, according to some observers, reflect a form of mistrust or disinterest in the electoral process among this part of the population.

The next steps in the electoral process, including the counting and proclamation of the results, will make it possible to measure more precisely the extent of participation, particularly among young people, and its impact on the new parliamentary composition.