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, respectively.

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Summary of the 17 June 2003 Chamber of Deputies of Jordan election results

Parties	%	Seats
Independents of various tendencies	80	88
Islamic Action Front (Jabhat al-Amal al-Islami)	14.5	16
Seats allocated to women by a special electoral panel	5.5	6
Total	100.0	110
Sources: MEDEA CIA - The World Factbook