الحوكمة الانتخابية : دراسة تحليلية لجودة العملية الانتخابية لمجلس النواب الأردني الثامن عشر

Abstract EN

The study aims to evaluate the Jordanian parliamentary elections in 2016.

Also, it aims to compare them analytically and theoretically with electoral governance to explore their conformity with the standards and its quality since the lack of confidence in the electoral process is due to the weak institutional electoral performance.

In order to achieve the objectives of the study, it had used the system method for David Easton and comprehensive approach to governance election in a total context for its stages, and it shadeout the theoretical concept of electoral governance and its theories were conceptualized as a concept with standard loads that can be relied on in evaluating the quality of elections.The study concluds that electoral governance is a testing framework that establishes a case of an evaluation review of the electoral process and its practical quality of the enforcement of the standards governing it.

In addition, the study concludes that it is an effective tool in upgrading and improving the outcomes of the electoral process if applied to reflect reliability and confidence in conducting the electoral process.

Also, the study concludes that an existence of procedural weakness of the Jordanian parliamentary election process that took place in 2016 which is due to weak adherence to the standards of electoral governance by the Independent Electoral Commission in a manner that achieves the required quality.

Finally, the study concludes that there an absence of confidence in the democratic process exists as well as with its tools represented by the elections.In the light of results, the researcher presents an appropriate recommendations.