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Moroccan legislative elections: turnout at 38.02% as counting begins

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Polling stations for Morocco’s elections to the House of Representatives closed at 7pm on Wednesday 23 September, with turnout reported at 38.02%. Counting immediately began after the legislative vote closed, according to figures given in the article.

Polling stations for Morocco’s legislative elections closed at 7pm on Wednesday 23 September, with national turnout at 38.02% for the election to the House of Representatives, according to Morocco’s Interior Ministry. Counting then began at the polling stations.

Turnout stood at 4.23% at 10am, then 11.34% at noon, 21% at 3pm and 28.05% at 5pm. The figures were collected by the ministry from Morocco’s prefectures, provinces and district prefectures. The counting of the legislative election begins in Morocco.

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