- Independent Election Commission of Jordan (Temporary)
- EMB : IEC
- Website : https://iec.jo/en/other/independent-election-commission-jordan-0
- EMB Information
· Type of EMB: Permanent, Independent, Established by law after the constitutional amendments
· Date fo formation : 6th, May 2012
· Year of Establishment: 2012
· Number of Members at IEC: 5 (including Chair and Commissioners)
· Structure:
- Directorate of Electoral Operations
- Directorate of Information Technology
- Directorate of Media, Communications and Outreach
- Directorate of Finance
- Directorate of Administrative affairs and Human Resources
- Unit of Legal Affairs
- Unit of Project Management and International Cooperation
- Unit of Women Empowerment
- Unit of Political Parties register
- Unit of Institutional Development
- Unit of Electoral Institute
- Unit of Internal Audit
· Main functions of EMB :
- Administration of parliamentary and local elections (municipalities and local councils);
- Responsible for conducting and supervising any other general elections ni accordance with the law that the Council of Ministers may assign the commission to administer or supervise at the request of the entity authorized by law to conduct such elections;
- Ensure the transparency of the elctions;
- Considering applications for establishing political parties and following up their affairs in accordance with the provisions of the laws;
- The commission shall take the necessary decisions and procedures to enable it to implement its tasks with integrity, transparency and impartiality;
- The Commission established the Electoral Institute as one of its units in 2020 and this instititute gives a Master' degree in "electoral Policies and it's administration" jointly with the University of Jordan;
- Encouraging people to participate in the political process in general and in elections in specific through empowering women and youth, using all possible tools in the commission's outreach and awareness campaigns and thriugh intensive courses designed and implemented by the IEC.
· Funding source:
- State treasury
- International stakeholders funds for joint projects
· Type of elections organized by EMB
- Administration of Partliamentary Elections (2013, 2016, 2020, 2024)
- Supervising Municipa elections 2013
- Administration of Local elections (municipalities and local councils) (2017, 2022)
- Administration of the Elections of the Board of Directors of the Chambers of Commerce and Representatives of Comercial Sectors (2019, 2022)
- Administration of the Election of the boards of directors of chambers of industry and representatives of industrial sectors (2018, 2022)
· Date of last election organized : 10th, September 2024
· Number of personnel in EMB : 139