Popular Movement (Morocco)

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Popular Movement
ⴰⵎⵓⵙⵙⵓ ⴰⵎⴷⵏⴰⵏ
الحركة الشعبية
General SecretaryMohand Laenser
FounderAbdelkrim al-Khatib and Mahjoubi Aherdane
Founded28 September 1957; 63 years ago (1957-09-28)
Headquarters66 rue Patrice Lumumba, Rabat, Morocco
IdeologyConservative liberalism
Monarchism[1]
Rural interests
Political positionCentre-right
International affiliationLiberal International
Regional affiliationAfrica Liberal Network
House of Representatives
28 / 395
House of Councillors
10 / 120
Website
www.alharaka.ma

The Popular Movement (Arabic: الحركة الشعبية‎; Berber: ⴰⵎⵓⵙⵙⵓ ⴰⵎⴷⵏⴰⵏ; French: Mouvement populaire) is a royalist and traditionalist rural-focused political party in Morocco. It is a member of Liberal International. The party has a history of cooperating with two other parties with a liberal orientation, the National Rally of Independents and the Constitutional Union, since 1993.

History[]

The Popular Movement was founded in 1957 by the Berber tribal chief Mahjoubi Aherdane with help from Abdelkrim al-Khatib who founded later a splinter party (Mouvement populaire démocratique et constitutionnel) that became the Justice and Development Party. It was initially a rural party with conservative and tribal orientation,[2] that unconditionally supported the monarchy[3] and aimed at countering nationalist Istiqlal Party.[2] Although the party has been dominated by Berber speakers, it has not developed a distinct Berber agenda.[4]

The present party results from a 25 March 2006 merger between the main party which had kept the original name and two splinter parties, the National Popular Movement (Mouvement National Populaire) and the Democratic Union (Union démocratique).[5][6]

The party is a full member of Liberal International, which it joined at the latter's Dakar Congress in 2003.[7]

In the parliamentary election held on 27 September 2002, the party won 27 out of the total 325 seats. It improved its standing in the parliamentary election held on 7 September 2007, winning 41 out of 325 seats.[8]

The party won 32 out of 325 seats in the parliamentary election held in November 2011, being the sixth party in the parliament.[9]

Electoral results[]

Moroccan Parliament[]

House of Representatives
Election year # of
overall votes 		% of
overall vote 		# of
overall seats won 		+/– Leader
1963* 1,159,932 (#1) 34.8
69 / 144
–
Ahmed Bahnini
1970 ? (#1) 25.0
60 / 240
Decrease 4
Abdelkrim al-Khatib
1977 738,541 (#2) 14.64
15 / 264
Decrease 45
Abdelkrim al-Khatib
1984 695,020 (#3) 15.54
47 / 301
Increase 32
Abdelkrim al-Khatib
1993 751,864 (#5) 12.1
51 / 333
Increase 4
Mohand Laenser
1997 659,331 (#4) 10.3
40 / 325
Decrease 11
Mohand Laenser
2002 ? (#5) 8.31
27 / 325
Decrease 13
Mohand Laenser
2007 426,849 (#3) 9.3
41 / 325
Increase 14
Mohand Laenser
2011 354,468 (#6) 7.5
32 / 395
Decrease 11
Mohand Laenser
2016 (#5) 6.08
27 / 395
Decrease 5
Mohand Laenser
Notes
  • In 1963, the MP run under the FDIC.

References[]

  1. ^ Willis, Michael J. (2012), Politics and Power in the Maghreb: Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco from Independence to the Arab Spring, C. Hurst & Co., p. 125
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b James N. Sater (2012), "New wine in old bottles: Political parties under Mohammed VI", Contemporary Morocco: State, Politics and Society under Mohammed VI, Routledge, p. 11
  3. ^ Marvine Howe (2005), Morocco: The Islamist Awakening and Other Challenges, Oxford University Press, p. 99
  4. ^ Willis, Michael J. (2008-01-15). "The Politics of Berber (Amazigh) Identity: Algeria and Morocco Compared". In Zoubir, Yahia H.; Amirah-Fernández, Haizam (eds.). North Africa: Politics, Region, and the Limits of Transformation. Routledge. p. 233. ISBN 978-1-134-08740-2.
  5. ^ M’Hamed Hamrouch, Mahjoubi Aherdane accusé d’avoir provoqué le retrait du MP du gouvernement, Aujourd'hui Le Maroc, 19 October 2008
  6. ^ Hicham Bennani, Mouvement populaire: Prémices d’un éclatement, Le Journal Hebdomadaire, 11 April 2009
  7. ^ Entry on the Popular Movement Archived 2007-11-09 at the Wayback Machine Liberal International.
  8. ^ "Moroccans favor conservative party instead of ushering in Islamic party", Associated Press (International Herald Tribune), 9 September 2007.
  9. ^ "Morocco". European Forum. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.

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