Emirati parliamentary election, 2015

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Parliamentary elections were held in the United Arab Emirates on 3 October 2015 to elect the half of the members of the 15th Chapter of the Federal National Council, and appoint the other half of the members.[1]

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.[2] Only around a third of the population were members of the electoral colleges.[3]

Following changes to the electoral systen, 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.[2] Overseas voting was allowed for the first time.[4]

Campaign

A total of 330 candidates contested the elections, of which 252 were men and 78 women.[5] Campaigning was allowed between 6 and 30 September.[6]

Results

Of the twenty elected members, 19 were men and one a woman,[7] Naama Al Sharhan, who was elected in Ras al-Khaimah. Voter turnout was 35%, up from 26% in the 2011 elections, and ranged from 70% in Umm al-Quwain to 22.1% in Dubai.[8]

Party Votes % Seats
Independents20
Invalid/blank votes––
Total79,15720
Registered voters/turnout224,27935.29–
Source: IPU

Elected members

Emirate Elected members Votes received
Abu DhabiKhalifa al-Mazrouei2,167
Mattar al-Shamsi1,634
Saeed al-Remeithi1,597
Saleh al-Ameri1,382
AjmanHamad al-Ghafli723
Salem Abdullah al-Shamsi458
DubaiHamad al-Rahoomi2,076
Marwan bin Ghalita961
Khalid al-Falasi722
Jamal al-Hai672
FujairahMohammed al-Yammahi912
Ahmed al-Hamoudi546
Ras al-KhaimahSalem al-Shehhi2,037
Ahmed al-Nuaimi1,358
Naama al-Sharhan1,004
SharjahJasim al-Naqbi787
Salem al-Shamsi644
Mohammed al-Katbi519
Umm al-QuwainKhalfan al-Ali381
Obaid al-Ali372
Source: The National

References

  1. ↑ UAE set for FNC election Khaleej Times, 2 October 2015
  2. 1 2 Electoral system IPU
  3. ↑ Voting is a privilege that I intend to exercise wisely The National, 1 October 2015
  4. ↑ Last elections IPU
  5. ↑ Breakdown: 2015 FNC election results The National, 5 October 2015
  6. ↑ When and how FNC elections will be held Emirates 24/7, 5 June 2015
  7. ↑ Last elections IPU
  8. ↑ National Elections Committee: voter turnout reasonable considering ‘lack of pressure’ in UAE The National, 4 October 2015
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