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Line 9: ==Campaign== In July 2012, the [[Muslim Brotherhood]]-affiliated [[Islamic Action Front]] announced that the party would boycott the elections, stating that the changes to the electoral law increasing the number of seats for political parties did not go far enough and that the constituency system ~~favoured~~favored tribal candidates.<ref name=BBC/> Opposition parties had demanded that 50% of seats be reserved for parties rather than the 18% provided for.<ref name=BBC2/> A total of 1,400 candidates registered to contest the elections, of which 22 were described as [[Islam]]ists.<ref name=WP>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/islamists-to-sit-out-jordanian-election/2013/01/19/c78b61e4-6194-11e2-b05a-605528f6b712_story.html Islamists to sit out Jordanian election] Washington Post, 20 January 2013</ref>

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