The Independent Election Commission is the national

electoral commission An election commission is a body charged with overseeing the implementation of electioneering process of any country. The formal names of election commissions vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, and may be styled an electoral commission, a c ...

Jordan Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...

, which is responsible for administering and supervising elections under the

Constitution of Jordan The Constitution of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan was adopted on 1 January 1952. It revised the previous Constitution of 1947 to expand the powers of the legislature and add checks to the executive power of the cabinet. The Constitution defi ...

. An amendment to the constitution in 2011 enabled the establishment of the Commission, which was a demand from the

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protests. The commission is responsible for all elections in Jordan, including the general and local elections.

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Independent Election Commission

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