Author(s): Bashar Awad Altarawneh
This study aimed at identifying the impact of the election law No. (6) for the year 2016 and the internal determinants concerning the participation of the Jordanian political parties in the Parliamentary elections that took place in 2016 and 2020. The study used several approaches, including the analytical descriptive approach, systems approach, and comparative approach. The results revealed that the election law No. (6) for the year 2016 has a positive effect with regard to the nomination of the members of parties to elections, whereas it has a negative impact in terms of representing the parties in the house of representatives in 2016 and 2020. The results also revealed that the internal determinants negatively affected the lack of political parties obtaining of seats in the House of Representatives; the study recommended the necessity of modifying the election law No. (6) for the year 2016 by including a numerical threshold that match with the number of licensed political parties in Jordan, listening to the requirements of political parties that are introduced to decision-makers in the government, enhancing the efforts of political parties by having more existence in the Jordanian street to be closer to the Jordanian citizens and recognize their importance within the Jordanian political system and the necessity of urging the Jordanian decision-makers to do more efforts with regard to promoting the existence of political parties in the core of the political system in Jordan.