The distribution of seats now is: Justice and Development Party (107), Istiqlal Party (60), National rally of independents (52), Authenticity and Modernity Party (47),
Socialist Union of Popular Forces (39), Popular movement (32), Constitutional Union (23), Party of Progress and Socialism (18), Labour party (4), other parties (13).
Istiqlal's Koutla alliance with the
Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP) and the smaller Progress and Socialism Party (PPS) won a majority of 180 seats in the 325-member Lower House of the legislature and was, thus, able to form a new government.
The leftist
Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP) displayed its traditional anti-American sentiments.
A member of the youth wing of the
Socialist Union of Popular Forces ( USFP ) would like to see the Benkirane government heed the unions' requests.
The party -- founded in 2008 by Fouad Ali al-Himma, a former deputy minister of interior who was unofficially in charge of security issues -- is trying to present itself as an alternative to the current opposition parties, notably the Istiqlal Party and the
Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP).
There is also news that the
Socialist Union of Popular Forces and the Socialist Progress Party, which both won 39 and 18 seats respectively, may join the opposition.
The pro-government
Socialist Union of Popular Forces party's newspaper Liberation urged voters to say "Yes to the Constitution and the construction of a Parliamentary monarchy".
First Secretary of the
Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP), Abdelwahed Radi said the party, along with all the components of the Moroccan people, has always supported the Palestinian people.
It came close to participating in current Prime Minister Abbas El-Fassi's government, had he not chosen to keep his allies in the Democratic Bloc, the
Socialist Union of Popular Forces (Union Socialiste des Forces Populaires) and the Party of Progress and Socialism (Parti du ProgrE s et du Socialisme).
A number of others have also come to dominate the political arena, including figures like Mohammad al-Ouafa (also from the Istiqlal Party), Ilyas al-Omari and Abdellatif Wahbi from the Party of Authenticity and Modernity, as well as Idris Lashkar and Abdelhadi Khairat from the
Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP), among others.
Ahmed Zaidi, head of the
Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP) parliamentary group, called for a joint commitment to practical action to deal with corruption.
They include the incumbent, center-right Independence Party, led by the Prime Minister Abbas El-Fassi, which won 66 seats, the
Socialist Union of Popular Forces, which won 39 seats, and the Socialism Progress Party, which won 18 seats.