1997 Jordanian general election

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General elections were held in Jordan on 4 November 1997. [1] They were boycotted by the main opposition parties, [2] and saw independents win 75 of the 80 seats. Voter turnout was 44.7%. [1]

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
National Constitutional Party 2New
Arab Land Party 1New
Jordanian Democratic Popular Unity Party 1New
Jordanian Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party 10
Independents75+15
Total800
Total votes822,318
Registered voters/turnout1,838,22344.73
Source: Nohlen et al.

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. Nohlen et al., p151