Democratic and Social Movement (Morocco)

The Democratic and Social Movement (Arabic: الحركة الديمقراطية والاجتماعية; French: Mouvement Démocratique et Social, MDS) is a political party in Morocco.

Democratic and Social Movement الحركة الديمقراطية والاجتماعية Mouvement Démocratique et Social
Secretary-General	Abdessamad Archane
Founder	Mahmoud Archane [fr]
Founded	15 June 1996; 29 years ago (1996-06-15)
Split from	National Popular Movement
Headquarters	Rabat, Morocco
Ideology	Royalism
Political position	Centre-right[1]
Colours	Green
House of Representatives	5 / 395
Website
partimds.ma
Politics of Morocco Political parties Elections

History and profile

The party was founded on 15 June 1996, by a former police commissioner.^[2][3][4][5] It is described as a "royalist shell party".^[2]

In the parliamentary election held on 27 September 2002, the party won seven out of 325 seats. In the next parliamentary election, held on 7 September 2007, the party won nine out of 325 seats. In the parliamentary election took place in November 2011, the party won two out of 325 seats.^[5]