by Mohammad Ben Hussein

Jordan Times, Nov. 22.-  The Islamic Action Front (IAF) was dealt a heavy blow by Tuesday’s legislative elections as the number of its deputies dropped to six, according to official results announced on Wednesday.

The number of Islamist deputies in the 15th Parliament will be the lowest representation for the Islamist movement since parliamentary life was revived nearly two decades ago.

The IAF was unable to win seats in Zarqa and Irbid, its traditional strongholds, and only two of its eight nominees for Amman seats made it to the House.

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AMMAN, Jordan, Nov.21.- Supporters of Jordan's King Abdullah II, a close U.S. ally, handily defeated the country's Islamist opposition in parliamentary elections, dropping their number of seats in parliament by nearly two-thirds, according to unofficial results released Wednesday.
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Supporters of the king, mainly tribal Bedouin and centrist politicians, secured a majority of the seats in the 110-member Chamber of Deputies.

Their victory was widely expected and attributed to the strong influence of family and tribal links on voting in Jordan and the inability of the Islamists to deliver on long-standing promises to improve the economic lot of the country's poor ...

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