Chamber of Deputies of Jordan

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The lower house of the National Assembly (Majlis al-Umma) of Jordan is Chamber of Deputies (Majlis al-Nuwaab). It has 110 members, 104 elected for a four year term in single-seat constituencies and 6 female members by a special electoral college. 9 and 3 seats are reserved to Christians and Chechens/Circassians.

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Summary of the 17 June 2003 Chamber of Deputies of Jordan election results
Parties Votes % Seats
Islamic Action Front (Al-Jabhat al-Amal al-Islami) 139,229 10.4 18
Allies of King Abdullah II 1,203,770 89.7 62
Other non-partisans 24
Seats allocated to women by a special electoral panel 6
Total (turnout 57.7 1,342,999 100.0 110
Source: Petra and Adam Carr. Adam Carr labels 17 seats for the IAF.
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