25 November 2011 - 20:30

The moderate Islamist Party of Justice and Development (PJD) has won Friday's parliamentary elections in Morocco, according to official results issued on Saturday.

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - The PJD had obtained 80 out of a total of 288 seats for which results were available, Interior Minister Taieb Cherkaoui announced.

 Outgoing Prime Minister Abbas el-Fassi's nationalist party Istiqlal came second with 45 seats.

 Morocco's chamber of representatives has 395 seats. Definitive election results were due on Sunday.

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