The lower house of the National Assembly (مجلس الأمة "Majlis al-Umma") of Jordan is Chamber of Deputies (مجلس النواب "Majlis al-Nuwaab"). It has 110 members, 104 elected for a four year term in single-seat constituencies and 6 female members by a special electoral college. 9 and 3 seats are reserved to Christians and Chechens/Circassians, respectively.
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