Amman Chamber of Industry announces preliminary election results

Moataz Al-Shawarbeh, head of the Amman Chamber of Industry election committee, has announced the preliminary results for the chamber's elections held on Saturday. The elections, overseen by the Independent Election Commission, saw a voter turnout of 53.38%, with 640 voters participating out of 1,199 eligible voters.

The winners for the Amman Chamber of Industry include Fathi Al-Jughbeir, Dima Sakhtian, Raed Al-Takrouri, Fawaz Al-Shakaa, Ahed Al-Rajabi, Saad Yassin, Iyad Abu Haltem, Ahmed Al-Khodari, and Majdi Al-Hashlamon. The Amman Chamber of Industry, established in 1962, represents approximately 8,600 industrial facilities with a capital of roughly 5 billion dinars and employs 159,000 workers.

In addition to the Amman results, elections for the Irbid and Zarqa Chambers of Industry were decided by acclamation, as only nine candidates ran for each board. Furthermore, elections for the ten industrial sectors under the umbrella of the Jordan Chamber of Industry were also decided by acclamation. The Jordan Chamber of Industry's board of directors consists of 19 members, including representatives from Amman, Irbid, Zarqa, and various industrial sectors.