2020 Jordanian general election
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General elections were held in Jordan on 10 November 2020 to elect the members of the nineteenth House of Representatives.[1][2] Voter turnout was just 30%, the lowest in a decade.[3]
The elections took place as the country was experiencing a surge in COVID-19 cases. As a result there were numerous calls on social media channels to boycott the elections, particularly as no alternatives to in-person voting were offered.[2][4] The country went into a four-day total lockdown following elections, starting at 23:00 on election day, an hour later than the originally-stated 22:00.[5][6] According to the Washington Post, "wealthy business executives and tribal independents dominated, while strong, reform-oriented members of parliament lost their seats."
The 130 seats in the House of Representatives consist of 115 members elected by open list proportional representation from 23 constituencies of between three and nine seats in size and 15 seats reserved for women.[7] Nine of the 115 proportional representation seats are reserved for the Christian minority, with another three reserved for the Chechen and Circassian minorities.[7]
There were 15 seats reserved for women who received the most votes but failed to be elected on their list in each of the twelve governorates and the three Badia districts.[8]
| District | General | Circassians/ Chechens | Christians | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajloun | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Amman 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Amman 2 | 6 | 6 | |||
| Amman 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| Amman 4 | 4 | 4 | |||
| Amman 5 | 6 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Aqaba | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Balqa | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |
| Irbid 1 | 6 | 6 | |||
| Irbid 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Irbid 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Irbid 4 | 5 | 5 | |||
| Jerash | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Karak | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |
| Ma'an | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Madaba | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| Mafraq | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Tafilah | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Zarqa 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| Zarqa 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Bedouins of the North | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Bedouins of the Center | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Bedouins of the South | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Total | 103 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 130 |
Contesting parties
A total of 294 party lists with 1,703 candidates contested the elections,[9] including the Islamic Action Front, an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood,[10] and the "Progressive" list, a coalition of socialist and nationalist parties including the Arab Ba'ath Progressive Party, Jordanian Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, Jordanian Communist Party, Jordanian Democratic People's Party and the Jordanian Democratic Popular Unity Party.
