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The present paper explores the recent Moroccan elections and their general context. They are believed to have come as a practical response from the royalty to the public protest in the Arab region aiming to solve the problem of power practice in the kingdom. The paper then moves to discuss the results of the legislative elections in which the Justice and Development Party won 107 seats by 27%, followed by the Independence Party which got 60 seats by 15%. These JDP results are compared with those in the 2007 elections, reviewing reasons for the party’s failure last time to gain a majority in contrast with its current success. It is argued that this time the JDP has a powerful organizational structure. In addition, the general political atmosphere in the country has changed due to the latest constitutional reforms. To conclude, this seems to be the last in the reform series of the post-Arab-spring era. All political parties, social movements, intellectuals and others are required now to ponder on the future of Morocco in light of the new situation createdin the 2011 elections.
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