The fatality occurred in the Karak area, about 120 kilometers south of the capital, during a shootout between supporters of rival candidates.
Security and police forces also intervened to deal with several election quarrels, stone-throwing incidents and attempts to thwart the polling process, which mostly occurred outside big cities, where tribalism and kinship reign.
The state-run media and the National Center for Human Rights (NCHR) said the polling process went on smoothly throughout the Kingdom, except for minor violations that included the use of false IDs, or attempts of multiple voting.
One hour before the closure of the ballot boxes, Maayta put the all-over turnout in the country at 50.2 per cent.
The turnout was as low as 31 per cent in Amman and as high as 80 per cent in Bedouin areas in elections which were boycotted by the main opposition grouping, the Muslim Brotherhood and its political arm, the Islamic Action Front (IAF).
A total of 763 candidates, including 143 women competed for the lower house’s 120 seats, 12 of which are reserved for women under a quota system.
Official statistics indicated that 86 represented political parties, but analysts noted that tribal, family and factional affiliations would be the crucial factor in the outcome of the polls.
According to the Interior Ministry, 2.37 million Jordanians were eligible to vote.
The turnout will be the main challenge facing the government of Prime Minister Samir Rifai who pledged all measures had been taken to ensure a smooth and transparent polling process.
Polling stations were open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. local time with election authorities in each governorate of the Kingdom having the right to extend voting by up to two hours if voters are still present at polling centers at the closing time.
The government has allowed about 3,000 human rights observers from inside and outside the country to monitor the polling process, according to the Elections Committee Spokesman Samih Maayta.
The US-based National Democratic Institute (NDI) said Monday that it had prepared 61 accredited observers from 18 countries to he deployed in various parts of Jordan to follow the polling process.
