Jordanian King Abdullah II inaugurated the newly elected parliament on Sunday, inviting lawmakers to form the country's first ever parliamentary government.
In an address at the opening session, the monarch urged parliamentary blocs to "reach a consensus for prime minister."
"You carry the historical responsibility to represent Jordanian men and women ... you are expected to shoulder your responsibility for the success of this historic transformation towards parliamentary government," he told the lawmakers.
Under the constitution, the king has the authority to appoint and dismiss governments and dissolve parliament.
The formation of elected governments has been a core demand of Jordan's two-year pro-democracy protest movement.
Despite ruling out wide constitutional reforms, Abdullah has pledged several times that the new parliament would form the next government.
Some 2.2 million Jordanians voted to elect lawmakers to the 150-seat parliament on January 23, with a voter turnout of some 56.7 per cent, according to official figures.
The polls were boycotted by the Muslim Brotherhood, Jordan's largest opposition movement, in protest at electoral law it claimed favoured regime loyalists.
Currently, the moderate Islamic Centrist Party is the largest political force in parliament, with 17 deputies, and heads a coalition of 70 lawmakers.
Should the moderate Islamists reach a majority, the nascent political movement is expected to nominate its politburo chief, Marwan Faouri, as the next prime minister.
The king retains the right to accept or dismiss lawmakers' nominee for prime minister.