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
[edit]Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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National Constitutional Party | 2 | New | |||
Arab Land Party | 1 | New | |||
Jordanian Democratic Popular Unity Party | 1 | New | |||
Jordanian Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party | 1 | 0 | |||
Independents | 75 | +15 | |||
Total | 80 | 0 | |||
Total votes | 822,318 | – | |||
Registered voters/turnout | 1,838,223 | 44.73 | |||
Source: Nohlen et al. |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p148 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
- ^ Nohlen et al., p151