Jordanians flock to polling stations to elect their representatives in 20th Lower House

AMMAN — Jordanians will head to polling centres on Tuesday to elect their representatives in the 20th Lower House of Parliament. 

A total of 5,115,219 eligible voters have been registered in the final voter lists compiled by the Independent Election Commission (IEC). 

The parliamentary election, which will be overseen by the IEC, has 1,634 candidates running for local and general constituencies. 

For the general list, under political party and alliance lists, there are 697 candidates—505 men and 192 women. In the local constituencies, 937 candidates are running, including 747 men and 190 women.

The Independent Election Commission is responsible for supervising and managing all stages of the elections, while the executive authority’s role is limited to providing logistical and security support to ensure the smooth running of the process.

A total of 172 lists are competing in local constituencies, while 25 lists are contesting the general party constituency.

The Kingdom is divided into 18 electoral districts as per the 2022 Elections Law, under which the 2024 elections, having in total 1,649 voting and ballot counting centres. 

More than 61 organisations, including around 700 observers, will monitor the elections, including international monitoring missions, embassy representatives, and independent local and international oversight institutions.

The Public Security Directorate (PSD) has confirmed "full readiness" to ensure elections areconducted according to the highest standards. 

The PSD said that it had deployed more than 54,000 officers, along with thousands of technical systems, equipment, vehicles, and supportive machinery, to ensure the success of the parliamentary elections.