RNI leads upper house elections

RNI leads upper house elections
Mounir Mehimdate
Tuesday 5 October 2021 - 23:10

The Ministry of the Interior announced, this evening, Tuesday, that the National Rally of Independents led the results of the Upper House wrapping up the 2021 electoral process.

The RNI won 27 seats in the second parliamentary chamber, and followed by the Authenticity and Modernity Party won at 19 seats, while the Istiqlal party took  to 17 seats.

The Popular Movement took 12 seats, the Socialist Union of Popular Forces  8 seats,. The Justice and Development Party landed two seats.  

The House of Councillors is composed with 72 members representing local authorities, elected regionally, 20 members elected, in each region, by a single electoral college composed of all the elected representatives of the professional chambers existing in the region concerned, 8 members elected, in each region, by an electoral college composed of the elected representatives of the most representative employers’ professional organizations and 20 members elected, at the national level, by an electoral college composed of the employees’ representatives.

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