won 60 out of 325 seats in the parliamentary election held in November 2011, being the second party in the parliament.Abbas El Fassi resigned as Prime Minister 29 November 2011, and resigned as Secretary-General of Istiqlal on 23 September 2012, following Justice and Development Party victory in 2011 elections. In September 2012, Hamid Chabat was elected secretary-general of the party succeeding Abbas El Fassi. In 2016, Istiqlal won 46 seats in parliamentary elections, a loss of 14 seats. The party joined the opposition. Istiqlal is a member of the Centrist Democrat International and International Democrat Union, and an associate member of the Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists. On October 7, 2017, Nizar Baraka was elected Secretary-General of the Istiqlal party, by 924 votes against 230 votes for his rival and outgoing secretary-general Hamid Chabat. Electoral performance House of Representatives References External links Official site official website in french 1944 establishments in Morocco Conservative parties in Africa Monarchist parties Moroccan nationalism Arab nationalism Nationalist parties in Africa Arab nationalist political parties Political parties established in 1944 Political parties in Morocco Social conservative parties