This article discusses the elections that were held in 1993 to elect the lower house of parliament,called the Chamber of Deputies,in Jordan for the second time since the onset of liberalization in the late 198s,and it examines the significant development in Jordanian politics at the time of these elections. The article focuses on the new legal atmosphere in which the 1993 elections were held,the changing nature of campaigning and political maneuvering engendered by the democratic experiment,and the conceptualization of political identity in Jordan which was revealed by the outcome of the election,and it aims to shed light on the ways in which this election has affected the development of Jordan.