Región y elites en perspectiva electoral

The aim of this paper is to check if, over the history of independent Morocco, have existed spaces or "regions" with specific political behavior of its inhabitants. The constitutions of 1992 and 1996 recognize the region as the local community but tbut the 1997 law didn′t reach an effective decentralization empowerment. This paper makes a review of the electoral history of two regions based on the acknowledgment of their identity such as the Rif Mountains and the Sahara, noting the intervention of the administration, the absenteeism of the population or the pressure on the electorate that makes it difficult to check out . The paper summarizes from the political point of view the experience of the regional elections of 1997, 2003 and 2009, and concludes with the expectations created by the foundation of the Advisory Committee for Regionalization that before the end of 2010 must submit a model for an extended powers regionalization system to be adopt in Morocco.