2003 Jordanian general election

Member State of the Arab League General elections were held in Jordan on 17 June 2003.

They were the fourth contest held after the political liberalization started in 1989 and the first elections to take place since 1997.

The Kingdom's most prominent tribal representatives carried a large majority of the seats.

[1] The elections were first scheduled for November 2001, but were delayed due to political instability in the region.

The law reserves special ethnical quotas for Circassians, Chechens and Christians, the parliamentary seat distribution is shown in the following table:[1] A special quota system has been created to ensure women would be elected to the lower chamber, six seats were assigned at national level, i.e. the six women with the highest percentage nationwide won the six reserved seats.