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General elections were held in Jordan on 8 November 1993, the first in which political parties were allowed to run since 1956.

Background

In October 1992 political parties were legalized in Jordan for the first time since 1956.

Electoral system

The election was held using single non-transferable voting, with each voter casting one vote in multiple-member district.

Results

A record number of voters participated in the elections, with over 800,000 casting votes at around 2,900 polling stations.

Independents won 60 of the 80 seats, with the Islamic Action Front emerging as the largest party, winning 17 seats. Voter turnout was 55%.

PartyVotes%Seats
Islamic Action Front17
Jordanian Democratic People's Party1
Jordanian Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party1
Jordanian Socialist Democratic Party1
Independents60
Total80
Total votes822,295–
Registered voters/turnout1,501,27954.77
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p148 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
  2. Amawi, Abla M. (1994). "The 1993 Elections in Jordan". Arab Studies Quarterly. 16 (3): 15–27. ISSN 0271-3519.
  3. "JORDAN: parliamentary elections Majlis Al-Nuwaab, 1993". archive.ipu.org. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  4. ^ "Jordan prepares for first multiparty elections in 37 years - UPI Archives". UPI. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  5. "U.S. Department of State Country Report on Human Rights Practices 1993 - Jordan". Refworld. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  6. Robinson, Glenn E. (1998). "Defensive Democratization in Jordan". International Journal of Middle East Studies. 30 (3): 387–410. ISSN 0020-7438.
  7. ^ Fineman, Mark (1993-11-09). "Record Number Vote in Jordan's Legislative Election : Mideast: Early returns indicate no group has a clear majority. Clan chiefs and traditional politicians apparently have an edge". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
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