1997 Jordanian general election
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General elections were held in Jordan on 4 November 1997.[1] The elections were boycotted by the main opposition parties and resulted in independents winning 75 of the 80 seats.[2] Voter turnout was 45%.[1]
Results
| 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
- ^ 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