House of Representatives مجلس النواب | |
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| 20th Parliament of Jordan | |
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| History | |
| Founded | 16 April 1928 (British protectorate) 1 January 1952 (current form) |
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| Structure | |
| Seats | 138 |
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Length of term | 4 years |
| Elections | |
| Open listproportional representation (18 seats reserved for women, 7 forChristians, and 2 forChechens andCircassians) | |
Last election | 10 September 2024 |
Next election | 2028 |
| Meeting place | |
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| Chamber of the House of Representatives Jordanian Parliament Building Al-Abdali,Amman | |
| Website | |
| representatives.jo (English) | |
| Constitution | |
| Constitution of Jordan | |
TheHouse of Representatives of Jordan (Arabic:مجلس النواب,romanized: majlis an-nuwāb) is the electedlower house of theJordanian parliament which, along with theSenate, composes the legislature ofJordan.[1]
The House of Representatives has 138 elected members, serving for four-year terms.
Members are elected by amixed electoral system, allowing two votes for each person, one vote for individuals running in 18local districts, and another for a nationalparty-list system. Out of the 138 seats of the House, 97 are for representatives from local districts, while 41 are for party-list representatives. There are also quotas for specific demographics, including 12 forChristian,Circassian, andChechen minorities, as well as 18 seats reserved forwomen.
The presiding officer is theSpeaker of the House of Representatives.
FollowingJordan's independence, the number of elected parliamentary councils increased to 18, with the first House of Representatives elected on 21 October 1947. During the first legislature, the most significant policy was the unification oftwo major banks in the country following defeat in the1948 Palestine war. The legislature also expanded to 40 seats after including districts from theJordanian West Bank.
Traditionally, the Jordanian House of Representatives ran under anonpartisan system, with an overwhelming majority of representatives being nonpartisan. However, since the2024 Jordanian general election, the parliament has developed a party system for the first time.
A member of parliament (deputy) is considered a representative of the citizens before thegovernment of Jordan as a link between the citizen and the government, speaking on their behalf and receiving their concerns or requests so that the government can then implement them and communicate with them. The House of Representatives is entrusted with two basic functions:legislation andoversight.[2]
A proposal with the support of ten or more representatives may become a draft law, and the House is responsible for discussing and studying it. The House will also review draft laws from theJordanian government, and it may either accept and send it to committee, or it may reject and send it to theSenate. If the draft was sent to committee, the committee would study it and make amendments and then send it to the House floor for a vote. If the vote passes, the draft is then sent to the Senate and government for approval.[2]
In addition tolawmaking, the House is also responsible for monitoring theexecutive branch to ensurechecks and balances. According to the internal regulations of the House, the chamber has several oversight mechanisms, defined as follows:[2]
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