Elections of the 19th Jordanian House of Representatives: An Analytical Study

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Abstract

This study aims to analyze the results of the 19th parliament elections for the year (2020), and to examine the contents of the election law for the House of Representatives No. (6) for the year (2016). It also provides a digital analysis of the demographic and general characteristics of the members of parliament in terms of gender, religion, profession, age, educational qualification; and the number of council members and the composition of the councils. The study focuses on the level of political participation at the general level of the governorates, which was low. The general participation rate in the Kingdom reached (29.90%). While participation in the electoral process in the urban areas such as Amman, Zarqa, and Balqa decreased to (16.62%), (21.85%), (36.03%), respectively, it increased in the Badia regions (especially in the Southern Badia 65.07%) and in predominantly tribal cities such as Karak, Jerash, and Maan, and the percentages were respectively (54.06%), (50.09%), (50.02%). This was due to certain economic, social, and political factors. The study concluded that despite the exceptional epidemiological, political, and social conditions that brought about the 19th parliament elections, the new council’s outputs were also exceptional in terms of the quality of the 130 parliament seats winners, their paths, their attitudes, and their actions. As well as the occurrence of a radical change in the composition of the council, as about 30 deputies from the previous councils returned to it, at a rate of (22%), which is the first time that such a small number has returned.
Keywords: House of Representatives, Election Law No. (6) of (2012), political participation, election, Jordan.

Author

• Atallah Al Sarhan, The Hashemite University