1989 Jordanian general election

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General elections were held in Jordan on 8 November 1989, the first since 1967. [1] As political parties were banned at the time, [2] all 647 candidates ran as independents, [3] although 22 of the 80 successful candidates were Muslim Brotherhood members. [4] Voter turnout was 53.1%. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p148 ISBN   0-19-924958-X
  2. Jordan Inter-Parliamentary Union
  3. Nohlen et al., p150
  4. Nohlen et al., p151