Thousands of Jordanians headed to polling stations located in schools in Amman and the surrounding governorates. Within the first three hours of polling, some 230,000 out of 4.1 million eligible voters had cast their ballot.
Jordanians will choose 130 members of parliament, with 15 seats reserved for women, nine for Christians and three for minority Chechens and Circassians. More than 4 million Jordanians over the age of 17 are eligible to vote, more than twice the number in the 2013 election, when voters had to pre-register.