Jordanian general election, 1997

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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 won 75 of the 80 seats. Voter turnout was 44.7%.[1]

Results

Party Votes % Seats +/–
Independents75+15
National Constitutional Party2New
Arab Land Party1New
Jordanian Popular Democratic Unity Party1New
Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Jordan Region10
Invalid/blank votes
Total822,318800
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
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