Morocco's official election campaign began on 10 September, ahead of legislative elections scheduled for 23 September in which voters will choose members of the 395-seat House of Representatives (the lower chamber of Morocco's parliament) in the country's twelfth parliamentary vote since independence. Twenty-seven parties are competing, with the three parties of the current governing coalition — the National Rally of Independents, the Authenticity and Modernity Party, and the Istiqlal Party — expected to lead the results, while the Justice and Development Party (an Islamist opposition party that won only 13 seats in the previous election after formerly leading government with 125) is forecast to make significant gains. Key challenges include low youth voter registration, the influence of political money, and the spread of disinformation, with the state allocating roughly 48 million dollars in public funds to support campaign financing and capping individual candidate spending at around 64,000 dollars.