Parliamentary elections were held in the United Arab Emirates on 24 September 2011 to elect the half of the members of Federal National Council.UAE to hold second ever election in September Reuters, 16 March 2011 The elections were held using electoral colleges, which were expanded from around 6,689 members in the 2006 elections to 129,274.Elections in 2011 IPUM However, only 35,877 voters voted, with a voter turnout of 27.75%.
Electoral college The 2011 parliamentary elections had an expanded electoral college constituting 129,274 members, made up of 46% females and 54% males, of which 35% were younger than 30 years.Statistics and figures National Elections Commission
Candidates Nominations of candidates took place between 14 and 17 August.Election timetable National Elections Commission On 20 August 2011, the National Elections Commission announced the preliminary list of candidates, stating that 469 members of the electoral college nominated themselves to be candidates for the parliamentary elections. Of those 469 nominees, 85 were women.469 مرشح ومرشحة على القائمة الأولية لانتخابات المجلس الوطني الاتحادي National Elections Commission
Emirate Candidates Female candidatesAbu Dhabi 117 22Dubai 124 26Sharjah 94 16Ras Al Khaimah 60 9Ajman 34 5Umm Al Quwain 19 4Fujairah 21 3Total 469 85
After last-minute applications were taken into account, the final list included 477 candidates.
Campaign The campaign period lasted from 4 to 21 September 2011. Some observers called for a delay in the voting process to allow for more time for candidates to campaign.FNC elections: Make it late to make it right Gulf News, 14 July 2011
Candidates were prohibited from using religion in their campaign,Candidates for FNC cleared for final list The National, 25 August 2011 and campaign spending was limited to AED 2 million (US$544,400).UAE nationals ask: Why can’t we all vote? The Huffington Post, 21 September 2011
Results EmirateElected memberVotes Abu Dhabi Salem Al Ameri2,815Mohammad Al Ameri2,380Mohammad Al Qubaisi1,199Ahmad Al Ameri1,153DubaiHamad Al Rahoumi1327Marwan Bin Ghulaita1,195Ahmad Ahli1,164Rashad Bukhash1,077SharjahSalem Bin Howayden805Ahmad Al Jarwan766Musabbah Al Ketbi652Ras al-KhaimahAhmed Abdullah Al Amash1,449Saeed Al Khateri957Faisal Al Tunaiji717AjmanSultan Al Shamsi296Abdullah Al Shamsi287FujairahGhareeb Al Suraidi436Sultan Al Yamahi396Umm Al QuwainSheikha Al Ari536Obeid Al Alili332Source: NEC
Turnout by emirate EmirateRegisteredVotedTurnoutAbu Dhabi47,44410,10921.31Dubai37,5149,26824.71Sharjah13,9375,89042.26Ras Al Khaimah16,8505,08530.18Umm Al Quwain3,2851,79654.67Ajman3,9201,56239.85Fujairah6,3242,16734.27Total129,27435,87727.75Source: NEC, NEC
Nominated members The appointed members announced were:Shaikh Khalifa to open new FNC term Gulf News, 15 November 2011 Abu Dhabi: Noura Al Kaabi Sultan Al Daheri Khalifa Al Suwaidi Amal Al Qubaisi
Dubai: Afra Al Basti Mona Al Bahar Mohammad Al Murr Ahmad Al Mansouri
Sharjah: Shaikha Al Owais Ahmad Al Zaabi Yaqoub Al Naqbi
Ras Al Khaimah: Abdul Al Zaabi Rashid Al Shuraiqi Abdul Al Shaheen
Ajman: Ahmad Al Shamsi Ali Al Nuaimi
Fujairah: Mohammad Al Raqabani Aisha Al Yamahi
Umm Al Quwain: Ali Ahmad Humaid Ali
Aftermath Mohammad Al Murr was elected unopposed as speaker of the Federal National Council.
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