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Recent official data on the state of party participation in Jordan showed that the total number of political party members reached 84,501, distributed across 30 political parties.
According to the numbers from the Parties Platform affiliated with the Independent Election Commission, the number of male party members was 49,211, accounting for 58.24% of the total membership, while the number of female members was 35,290, accounting for 41.76%.
The data showed that the number of young people in the age group of 18 to 35 years was 29,429 young men and women.
In terms of geographical distribution, the capital governorate topped the percentage of party members, with a percentage of 28.51%, followed by Irbid governorate with 20.40%, then Zarqa governorate with 14.54%.
The percentage of party members in Balqa governorate was 9.33%, Mafraq 5.40%, Karak 5.29%, Jerash 3.85%, Ajloun 3.73%, and Madaba 2.62%.
The percentage of members in Ma'an and Aqaba governorates was 2.14% each, while Tafila governorate recorded 1.79%.
The data indicates that the number of political parties in Jordan decreased from 38 parties to 31 parties, as a result of a series of mergers between a number of parties, before the number decreased to 30 parties after the dissolution of the Jordanian Tomorrow Party.
These data reflect the size of party membership and its distribution according to gender, age group, and governorate, along with the developments that occurred on the map of political parties in the Kingdom.
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