Jordan early poll results favour loyalist candidates 24 January 2013 Last updated at 16:24 Initial results from Jordan's parliamentary poll suggest pro-government candidates will form a majority in the new assembly. The polls were boycotted by the opposition, which alleged fraud and said the voting system was rigged in favour of pro-government loyalists. Turnout was 56.6%, the electoral commission said. For the first time, King Abdullah is to name a prime minister from the largest blocs, or someone approved by them. While he has promised that parliament will be consulted, the king has warned it may not be possible to appoint an MP as prime minister. The king has launched a series of reforms over the past two years in a bid to stave off a popular uprising like those which have led to the overthrow of four other Arab rulers. But he says change will be very gradual and it will take one or two parliamentary cycles before proper political parties emerge, says the BBC's Rami Ruhayem in the capital, Amman. Voting on Wednesday was extended by an hour, with polls closing at 20:00 (17:00 GMT). The opposition cast doubt on official turnout figures, saying the figures were inflated during the last two hours of voting, our correspondent says. Critics - led by the IAF which boycotted the vote - have said the reform does not go far enough. And more than two-thirds of Jordan's seven million people live in cities - where the opposition is strongest - but are allocated less than a third of the seats. Bedouin tribes dominate the government and security forces and are the bedrock of the monarchy.