1997 Jordanian general election

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]

Politics of Jordan

Member State of the Arab League

Constitution
Monarchy
Executive
Government
Legislature
Parliament
(18th Parliament)
Senate
House of Representatives
Judiciary
  • Judiciary of Jordan
    • The Constitutional Court
    President: Taher Hikmat
    • The Cassation Court
    President: Mohammad Ghazo
Administrative divisions
Local government
Elections
Foreign relations
Related topics
 Jordan portal

Results
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
National Constitutional Party2New
Arab Land Party1New
Jordanian Democratic Popular Unity Party1New
Jordanian Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party10
Independents75+15
Total800
Total votes822,318–
Registered voters/turnout1,838,22344.73
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. Nohlen et al., p151
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