Jordanian general election, 1954

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General elections were held in Jordan on 16 October 1954,^[1] the first that political parties were allowed to contest. The result was a victory for independent candidates, which won 38 of the 40 seats, with the other two going to the Liberal Party and the Umma Party.^[2]

Results

Party	%	Seats
Independents		38
Liberal Party		1
Umma Party		1
Invalid/blank votes	–	–
Total		40
Source: Nohlen et al.

References

↑ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume I, p148 ISBN 0-19-924958-X
↑ Nohlen et al., p151

Elections in Jordan

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