Initial results show ruling Islamist party leads in Moroccan parliamentary elections

 The Islamist ruling Justice and Development Party (PJD) has won 99 seats in Friday's Moroccan parliamentary elections, according to initial results.

The PJD's main rival, the Authenticity and Modernity Party, got 80 seats, after 90 percent of the ballots were counted, Interior Minister Mohamed Hassad told a press briefing early Saturday.

The Istiqlal party, the oldest party in the country, won 31 seats.

These results concern only local constituencies; some other 90 seats of the national constituency will be announced later Saturday, Hassad said.

The voter turnout at these elections stood at around 43 percent.
 newz.gr
8/10/16