Parliamentary elections were held in the United Arab Emirates on 3 October 2015 to elect 20 of the 40 members of the Federal National Council. The elections took place through an electoral college, which was expanded from 129,274 members in the 2011 elections to 224,279 for the 2015 elections.UAE set for FNC election Khaleej Times, 2 October 2015
Electoral system At the time of the elections, the 40-member Federal National Council had 20 indirectly elected members and 20 appointed members. The 20 elected members were elected by seven electoral colleges; the colleges of Abu Dhabi and Dubai elected four members, the colleges of Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah elected three, and the colleges of Ajman, Fujairah and Umm Al Quwain elected two. Only around a third of Emirati citizens (who themselves are around 12% of the country's population) were members of the electoral colleges.Voting is a privilege that I intend to exercise wisely The National, 1 October 2015
Following changes to the electoral system, the elections were held using single non-transferable vote, meaning voters could only vote for one candidate in their emirate, irrespective of the number of seats.Electoral system IPU Overseas voting was allowed for the first time and overseas voters were able to vote in UAE embassies.Last elections IPU
On election day, 36 voting centers were opened nationwide, nine of which had opened for early voting on 28–30 September. Overseas voters were able to cast their vote for the first time in 94 voting centers in UAE embassies on 20–21 September.Federal National Council Elections 2015 MFNCA, 2015 Overall 79,157 voters cast their vote, making a turnout of 35.29%.
Campaign A total of 330 candidates contested the elections, of which 252 were men and 78 women.Breakdown: 2015 FNC election results The National, 5 October 2015 Campaigning was allowed between 6 and 30 September.When and how FNC elections will be held Emirates 24/7, 5 June 2015
Results Of the twenty elected members, 19 were men and only one woman,Last elections IPU Naama Al Sharhan, who was elected in Ras Al Khaimah. Voter turnout was 35.29%, up from 27.75% in the 2011 elections, and ranged from 70% in Umm Al Quwain to 22.1% in Dubai.National Elections Committee: voter turnout reasonable considering ‘lack of pressure’ in UAE The National, 4 October 2015
Elected members EmirateElected membersVotes receivedAbu DhabiKhalifa Al Mazrouei2,167Mattar Al Shamsi1,634Saeed Al Remeithi1,597Saleh Al Ameri1,382DubaiHamad Al Rahoomi2,076Marwan bin Ghalita961Khalid Al Falasi722Jamal Al Hai672SharjahJasim Al Naqbi787Salem Al Shamsi644Mohammed Al Katbi519Ras Al KhaimahSalem Al Shehhi2,037Ahmed Al Nuaimi1,358Naama Al Sharhan1,004AjmanHamad Al Ghafli723Salem Abdullah Al Shamsi458FujairahMohammed Al Yammahi912Ahmed Al Hamoudi546Umm Al QuwainKhalfan Al Ali381Obaid Al Ali 372Source: The National
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