Zoubi elected Jordan Medical Association's new president

AMMAN—Dr. Ziad Zoubi was elected the head of Jordan Medical Association (JMA) council, its elections results announced on Saturday showed, according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.اضافة اعلان

Zoubi received 1,812 votes, while his contender Issa Khashashneh garnered 1,797 votes in the polls and Nasser Shomali won 388 votes, head of the election’s supervising committee said.

The committee counted the voting papers for JMA council's membership electronically, the committee noted in a statement.

The committee has recounted votes in the JMA elections, after the preliminary results showed that Zoubi advanced in the competition by a slight margin of 21 votes over his nearest competitor.

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