The Front of Democratic Forces (french: Front des Forces Démocratiques; ar, جبهة القوى الديمقراطية) is a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to ...

History and profile

The party was founded in 1997 as a split from the

Party of Progress and Socialism The Party of Progress and Socialism ( ar, حزب التقدم والاشتراكية, translit=Hizb Al-Taqadoum Wal-Ishtirakiyeh; zgh, ⴰⴽⴰⴱⴰⵔ ⵏ ⵓⴼⴰⵔⴰ ⴷ ⵜⵏⵎⵍⴰ; french: Parti du Progrès et du Socialisme, PPS) ...

. It has a socialist political leaning. In the

parliamentary election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...

held on 27 September 2002, the party won 12 out of 325 seats. In the next

, held on 7 September 2007, the party won 9 out of 325 seats. In the

of 2011, the party won only 1 seat out of 395. The party has an Arabic publication, ''Al Mounataf''.

References

1997 establishments in Morocco Political parties established in 1997 Political parties in Morocco Socialist parties in Morocco {{Morocco-party-stub