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Jordanian elections

A Jordanian woman votes in parliamentary elections at a polling station in al-Salt near the capital Amman on September 10, 2024. (Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP)
September 12, 2024, 1:37 pm
Islamists score big in Jordanian election held in shadow of Gaza war
Islamic Action Front, an offshoot of Muslim Brotherhood that wants to end peace treaty with Israel, wins 31 of 138 seats in parliament
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A voter is assisted by a volunteer to put on a plastic glove before entering a polling station in Jordan's capital Amman on November 10, 2020. (Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP)
November 11, 2020, 1:16 am
Jordan votes in election shadowed by pandemic, collapsing economy
Contest for parliament held under tight virus protocols as COVID-19 further batters debt-ridden financial system
By AFP
Illustrative: The Jordanian Parliament. (Jordan Parliament official)
September 25, 2016, 9:15 pm
Jordan’s PM re-appointed to form government after elections
Hani al-Malki, 65, reinstated; was involved with negotiations that led to Jordan-Israel peace deal in 1994
By AFP
Jordanians vote in elections, Amman, Jordan, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)
September 23, 2016, 6:35 am
Jordan’s Brotherhood back in parliament after vote
Islamist faction takes 16 of 130 seats after boycotting two previous elections; 21 women also elected
By AFP
A Jordanian casts his vote in elections, Amman, Jordan, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)
September 22, 2016, 12:55 am
Jordan election held in ‘largely peaceful atmosphere‘
Muslim Brotherhood, competing for first time since 2007, heading to take 16 of parliament‘s 130 seats
By Karin Laub
Jordan's King Abdullah II (photo credit: Moshe Milner/GPO/Flash90)
February 10, 2013, 1:40 pm
Jordan’s King Abdullah inaugurates new parliament
January 23 election, boycotted by the opposition Muslim Brotherhood, ushers in fresh faces
Jordanian officials empty a ballot box in Amman, Wednesday (photo credit: Raad Adayleh/AP)
January 24, 2013, 4:31 pm
Islamists, pan-Arabs win seats in Jordanian parliament
Initial election results show monarchy royalists retaining majority; kingdom calls the election a ‘milestone’ to greater democracy
A Jordanian woman inks her finger after casting her ballot inside a polling station in Amman, Jordan, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2013 (photo credit: Mohammad Hannon/AP)
January 23, 2013, 6:31 pm
Jordanians vote for parliament as monarchy cedes power
Elections seen as liberalization move enabling King Abdullah to avoid Arab Spring backlash
A member of the Jordanian Independent Electoral Commission carries a polling box to be distributed to the polling stations, one day before the designated date of the Jordanian parliamentary elections, in Amman, Jordan, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Mohammad Hannon)
January 23, 2013, 12:09 pm
Jordanians head to the polls
Process of democratization will see king hand over many powers to the government
By Jamal Halaby
Jordanian Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour (photo credit: AP)
January 11, 2013, 12:44 am
Jordanian PM: If we were to let in Palestinians from Syria, Israel would try to send more of them our way
Hashemite kingdom, which holds general elections in two weeks, has closed its borders to ‘brethren’ fleeing Assad, fearing major influx
By Elhanan Miller
A destroyed street in the city of Aleppo, October 3 (photo credit: AP/SANA)
October 11, 2012, 2:22 pm
Is Russia pivoting away from Syria?
Moscow sees US action coming and starts to skedaddle away from Damascus, one pundit claims
By Elhanan Miller
Thousands of Islamic Action Front supporters carrying banners and a large Jordanian flag gather earlier this month to demand constitutional reforms during an opposition rally in Amman. (photo credit: AP/Raad Adayleh)
October 5, 2012, 8:30 pm
Jordanian Islamists rally for elections boycott
Thousands take to the streets of Amman in rare protest against Hashemite regime
Jordan's King Abdullah II (photo credit: Moshe Milner/GPO/Flash90)
October 5, 2012, 12:30 pm
Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan calls for mass protest against king’s policies
Group decries what it sees as ‘foot-dragging’ on promised reforms
By Yoel Goldman and AP
Jordan's King Abdullah II (photo credit: CC BY-SA World Economic Forum, Flickr)
October 4, 2012, 9:00 pm
King dissolves Jordanian parliament, plans early elections
New rules allow public to choose prime minister but critics say reforms do not go far enough
Jordan's King Abdullah II (photo credit: Moshe Milner/GPO/Flash90)
July 25, 2012, 7:50 pm
Jordan’s king is caught between desire for reform and fear of an Islamist power grab
Upcoming parliamentary elections will be a crucial test of Abdullah II’s policies and the Muslim Brotherhood’s resolve
By Jamal Halaby
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