Marrakech – The Interior Ministry has announced that citizens have until January 24 to register for Morocco’s 2026 legislative elections, marking the final opportunity for eligible voters to join the electoral rolls.
Citizens who are not currently registered and meet legal requirements, including those aged 18 or who will turn 18 by March 31, can submit registration applications between January 18-24.
Applications can be filed with local administrative authorities in their area of residence or through the electronic platform www.listeselectorales.ma.
The ministry noted that registered voters can verify their enrollment status by sending a free SMS to 2727 or checking the dedicated electoral lists website.
Citizens who believe their names were illegally removed from voter rolls can file complaints with the relevant administrative commission during the same January 18-24 period.
Administrative commissions will review new registration requests and complaints between February 10-14 to make necessary decisions.
The registration campaign comes days after Interior Minister Abdelouafi Laftit revealed updated electoral roll statistics during a Council of Advisors session.
The current provisional total shows approximately 16.5 million registered voters nationwide, with a notable balance between urban and rural areas and significant progress in electronic registration.
Laftit announced that 382,170 new voters have been added to the rolls, while 1.4 million cases were removed for legal reasons.
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The removals primarily resulted from failure to meet actual residence requirements in their registered commune or district, followed by duplicate registrations, deaths, and loss of electoral eligibility.
The massive cleanup operation followed demands from political party leaders during consultations on the 2026 election legal framework. Party chiefs urged the ministry to purify current lists and ensure successful voter renewal ahead of this year’s electoral process.
The minister explained that his department conducted an in-depth computerized review of current electoral lists through the central information system, including other information sources, to identify potential irregularities.
The majority of flagged cases involved people who changed their actual residence addresses between communes or districts, whether or not they submitted registration requests in their new locations.
These cases mainly relate to ongoing population mobility, rehousing of slum dwellers, neighborhood restructuring, or opening new residential areas in various regions.
Other identified cases included material errors in registered names or national identity card data, unreported deaths from previous years, and individuals who lost electoral eligibility due to legal or judicial impediments.
The current voter base consists of 54% men and 46% women, distributed between 55% urban and 45% rural areas. Of the new registrations, 254,740 were submitted through the electronic platform, while 127,430 came through written applications at administrative offices.
