The ballots had barely been sealed before Morocco’s election night entered its most consequential phase: the count. According to preliminary figures released by the campaign leadership of the Justice and Development Party (PJD), the Islamist-rooted formation is claiming a substantial lead over its rivals in a string of key constituencies across the kingdom.
Speaking from the party’s headquarters, Abdelali Hamieddine, spokesperson for PJD’s central campaign command, said the early data and vote tallies already collected show « the Lamp » — the party’s electoral symbol — ahead by a wide margin in numerous polling stations. He added that votes for rival parties remain scattered, with no single competitor emerging as a close second in the districts concerned.
The constituencies where PJD claims to be leading span a broad geographic range: Rabat, Tangier, Agadir, Inezgane, Taroudant, Fez, Sidi Slimane, Meknes, Casablanca and Temara — several of which comprise more than one electoral district.
These preliminary, unofficial indications come as the Interior Ministry reported a national turnout that climbed steadily throughout the day, driven in part by exceptionally high mobilization in several southern regions of the kingdom. International observers deployed across the country, including delegations from the African Union and dozens of accredited organizations, described the voting process as having unfolded under normal conditions, in what authorities are treating as a significant test of institutional credibility.
Vote counting began as soon as polling stations closed at 7pm local time and continued overnight across all of Morocco’s constituencies. Final results will only be confirmed once local vote-counting commissions have centralized every polling station’s official record, a process expected to culminate in an official announcement from the Interior Ministry in the coming days. Until then, every partial figure released by party headquarters will be closely watched, in an election whose outcome could reshape Morocco’s political landscape seat by seat, district by district.
