2023 Emirati parliamentary election

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.[1][2][3] As political parties are banned in the UAE, all candidates run as independents.[4] The election is the first to be conducted completely electronically, 92.69% of voters chose to to vote remotely in the election cycle.[2][3]

2023 Emirati parliamentary elections
United Arab Emirates
7 October 2023
20 of the 40 seats in the Federal National Council
Turnout44.00% (Increase 9.19pp)
Party Seats +/–
Independents 20 0
Speaker before Speaker after
Saqr Ghobash TBD

Electoral system

The Federal National Council consists of 40 members, 20 of whom are appointed by the rulers of each emirate.[5][6] 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.[7][8] Since the 2019 election, the FNC has a gender quota, where 50% of FNC members need to be women.[4]

Voters are chosen through an electoral college, the membership of which was expanded from 337,738 in 2019 to 398,879 in 2023.[9][10]

Results

Preliminary results were release on 7 October, and results were certified on 13 October.[8] All national election committees, except Sharjah and Ras al-Khaimah, chose half of their elected seats to the highest voted for candidates of each gender to meet the gender quotas; the appointed seats for each emirate need to ultimately achieve the quota.

PartyVotes%Seats
Independents20
Total20
Total votes175,487–
Registered voters/turnout398,87944.00
Source: The National

Elected members
Emirate Elected members Votes Notes
Abu DhabiSalem Al Ameri4,509
Hilal Al Kaabi3,671
Hashima Al Afari1,769
Mudhia Al Menhali2,448
DubaiHumaid Al Tayer2,426
Ahmed Khoury1,749
Maryam Majid bin Thaneya1,064Re-elected
Amna Ali Salem Ali Al Odaidi617
SharjahMohammed Al Dhouri2,489
Adnan Al Hammadi2,335Re-elected
Walid Al Mansouri2,013
Ras al-KhaimahSaeed Al Nuaimi3,866
Sultan Al Zaabi3,720
Salem Al Ali3,513
AjmanMajid Al Mazrouei3,787
Aisha Al Marri390
FujairahSheikh Saeed Al Sharqi8,985
Aisha Al Dhanhan1,009
Umm al-QuwainMohammed Al Ali1,036
Mona Al Ali280
Source: The National, WAM

By emirate
Emirate Eligible voters Votes cast Turnout
Abu Dhabi 126,779 56,471 44.54%
Dubai 73,181 16,909 23.11%
Sharjah 72,946 29,996 41.11%
Ras al-Khaimah 62,197 35,357 56.85%
Ajman 12,600 7,283 57.80%
Fujairah 43,599 24,911 57.13%
Umm al-Quwain 7,577 4,561 60.20%
Total 398,879 175,488 44.00%
Source: WAM

By gender
Gender Eligible voters % of eligible voters % of turnout
Male 194,111 48.67% 55.86%
Female 204,768 51.22% 44.14%
Source:

References
  1. "Federal National Council elections to take place on October 7". The National. 2023-07-10. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  2. "Early voting opens in UAE parliamentary elections". Middle East Monitor. 2023-10-04. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  3. Amir, Salam Al (2023-10-08). "Early results of Federal National Council election announced". The National. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  4. Abbas, Waheed. "UAE elections: All you need to know about FNC polls in 2023". Khaleej Times. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  5. "A vote for the country's future". Gulf News. 25 September 2011.
  6. "About the Federal National Council". Khaleej Times. 4 July 2011. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015.
  7. Electoral system IPU
  8. Federal National Council elections: how to vote The National, 30 September 2019
  9. FNC candidate registration centres launched Gulf News, 7 August 2019
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