HIBAPRESS – A. Mahyaoui
The final results of the legislative elections held in the province of Taounate on Wednesday, September 23, 2026, resulted in the election of six parliamentary deputies, equally distributed between the two local electoral districts of Taounate-Tissa and El Qaria-Gfsaï.
According to the data for the electoral contest, the number of registered female and male voters in the province was 287,695, while the number of polling stations was 883, in addition to 74 central offices.
Twenty-eight electoral lists competed for the six seats, with 14 lists in each district, comprising a total of 84 male and female candidates. Seventeen political parties competed. The participation rate in the province was 49.90 percent.
Taounate-Tissa: Authenticity and Modernity in the Lead
At the level of the Taounate-Tissa local electoral district, the Authenticity and Modernity Party topped the results, with its list leader, Abdellatif Fouiqar, obtaining 14,665 votes. This was followed by the National Rally of Independents party, led by Mohamed Slaissi, with 12,615 votes. The Progress and Socialism Party came in third with 9,628 votes, led by Abdullah El Idrissi El Bouzidi.
With these results, the three seats for the district were decided, and they are:
Abdellatif Fouiqar of the Authenticity and Modernity Party.
Mohamed Slaissi of the National Rally of Independents Party.
Abdullah El Idrissi El Bouzidi of the Progress and Socialism Party.
The Justice and Development Party came in fourth with 4,491 votes, followed by the Independence Party with 4,063 votes, and then the Socialist Union of Popular Forces with 3,919 votes.
El Qaria-Gfsaï: El Meissouri Tops the Results
In the El Qaria-Gfsaï local electoral district, the National Rally of Independents Party led the results by a clear margin, with its list leader, Abderrahmane El Meissouri, obtaining 19,932 votes.
The Authenticity and Modernity Party came in second with 13,496 votes, represented by its list leader Mohamed El Hajira, while the Independence Party came in third with 11,611 votes, led by El Mofaddal Tahiri.
Consequently, the three seats for the district went to:
Abderrahmane El Meissouri of the National Rally of Independents Party.
Mohamed El Hajira of the Authenticity and Modernity Party.
El Mofaddal Tahiri of the Independence Party.
The Progress and Socialism Party came in fourth with 4,976 votes, followed by the Justice and Development Party with 4,479 votes, and then the Socialist Union of Popular Forces with 3,989 votes.
Six Seats, and a Presence for Four Parties
Based on the announced final results, the six parliamentary seats allocated to the province of Taounate were distributed among four parties: Authenticity and Modernity, National Rally of Independents, Progress and Socialism, and Independence.
The results reveal a clear difference in the ranking of electoral forces between the two districts, with Authenticity and Modernity topping Taounate-Tissa, while the National Rally of Independents led in El Qaria-Gfsaï. The Progress and Socialism party managed to secure the third seat in the first district, and the Independence party secured the third seat in the second district.
