Parliamentary elections were held in the United Arab Emirates on 7 October 2023 to elect 20 of the 40 members of the Federal National Council. As political parties are banned in the UAE, all candidates run as independents. The election was the first to be conducted completely electronically; 92.69% of voters chose to vote remotely in the election cycle.
Electoral system The Federal National Council consists of 40 members, 20 of whom are appointed by the rulers of each emirate and 20 are elected by single non-transferable vote in seven electoral colleges based on the emirates. The colleges of Abu Dhabi and Dubai elect four members each, the colleges of Sharjah and Ras al-Khaimah three each, and the colleges of Ajman, Fujairah and Umm al-Quwain two each.Electoral system IPUFederal National Council elections: how to vote The National, 30 September 2019 Since the 2019 election, the FNC has a gender quota, requiring 50% of FNC members to be women.
Not all citizens are eligible to vote. Instead, voters are handpicked and chosen through an electoral college, the membership of which was expanded from 337,738 in 2019 to 398,879 in 2023.FNC candidate registration centres launched Gulf News, 7 August 2019
Results Preliminary results were released on 7 October, and certified on 13 October. The national election committees of all emirates, except the committees of Sharjah and Ras al-Khaimah, allocated half of their elected seats to the highest voted for candidates of each gender to meet their gender quotas; the appointed seats for each emirate need to ultimately achieve the quota.
Elected members EmirateElected membersVotesNotesAbu DhabiSalem Al Ameri4,509Hilal Al Kaabi3,671Mudhia Al Menhali2,448Hashima Al Afari1,769DubaiHumaid Al Tayer2,426Ahmed Khoury1,749Maryam Majid bin Thaneya1,064Re-electedAmna Ali Salem Ali Al Odaidi617SharjahMohammed Al Dhouri2,489Adnan Al Hammadi2,335Re-electedWalid Al Mansouri2,013Ras al-KhaimahSaeed Al Nuaimi3,866Sultan Al Zaabi3,720Salem Al Ali3,513AjmanMajid Al Mazrouei3,787Aisha Al Marri390FujairahSheikh Saeed Al Sharqi8,985Aisha Al Dhanhan1,009Umm al-QuwainMohammed Al Ali1,036Mona Al Ali280Source: The National, WAM
Voter turnout By emirate EmirateEligible votersVotes castTurnoutAbu Dhabi126,77956,47144.54%Dubai73,18116,90923.11%Sharjah72,94629,99641.11%Ras al-Khaimah62,19735,35756.85%Ajman12,6007,28357.80%Fujairah43,59924,91157.13%Umm al-Quwain7,5774,56160.20%Total398,879175,48844.00%Source: WAM
By gender GenderEligible voters% of eligible voters% of turnoutMale194,11148.67%55.86%Female204,76851.22%44.14%Source: WAM
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