The legislative elections held on Wednesday, September 23, 2026, have led to notable shifts within the composition of the House of Representatives in Morocco, as several incumbents from the 2021-2026 legislative term were unable to secure their return to the legislative body. Among the most significant figures who lost their seats is Mohamed Oued, a representative from Sale City, who had served under the Progressive and Socialist Party during the previous term but failed to retain his position in the recent elections.
In the Settat constituency, the September 23 vote marked the end of the parliamentary term for three deputies simultaneously: Said Naimi, Mohamed Hichami, and Mustafa Qasimi. Naimi, a candidate from the Socialist Union of Popular Forces, finished in eighth place with 5,266 votes, a stark decline from the 15,032 votes he received in the 2021 elections, resulting in the loss of his previously held seat.
Similarly, Mohamed Hichami, who was elected in 2021 under the Popular Movement banner and contested the 2026 elections representing the Moroccan Liberal Party, also failed to make it onto the winners' list. Mustafa Qasimi faced a similar fate, having been elected in 2021 as a candidate for the Independence Party and running in 2026 under the Constitutional Union party; he too could not secure a seat.
In the city of Fez, the election results led to the ousting of prominent parliamentarians from the previous term. In the Southern Fez constituency, Abderrahmane Al-Amraoui, a parliamentary member from the Independence Party, could not secure re-election as the leading positions were claimed by candidates from the Justice and Development Party, the Popular Movement, the Authenticity and Modernity Party, and the National Rally of Independents.
In Northern Fez, Tahami Wazzani, deputy for the National Rally of Independents, also fell short of re-election after having topped the results in the 2021 elections.
Meanwhile, in the Tata constituency, Hassan Al-Tabi, a deputy from the Authenticity and Modernity Party during the 2021-2026 term, lost his seat as his list did not rank among those eligible for representation in the House of Representatives.
Among other notable losers was Mohamed Abrashan, who had been a well-known parliamentary figure in the Nador region for years. The final results showed that the Socialist Union of Popular Forces, under which Abrashan ran, garnered 7,153 votes, placing him fifth and outside the four seats allocated for that constituency.
In the Mdiq-Fnideq constituency, Abder Nour Al-Hassnawi, a candidate from the Socialist Union and deputy during the outgoing term, also lost his seat, with the two available seats going to Mohamed Al-Arabi Al-Mourabit from the Authenticity and Modernity Party and Issam Al-Farasi from the Justice and Development Party.
In the Safrou constituency, Idris Al-Shatibi, a deputy from the Socialist Union and the third deputy president of the House during the 2021-2026 term, was one of the prominent figures to exit the parliament, finishing fifth with 4,843 votes, while Mustafa Lakhsem, a candidate from the Democratic Social Movement, topped the constituency with 19,608 votes.
These results reveal a significant renewal within part of the parliamentary landscape, with the departure of several long-standing incumbents from the House of Representatives, paving the way for new faces and parties to enter several constituencies that had maintained a relatively stable representation for years.
As reported by ariffino.net.
