Parliamentary elections were held in the

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on 24 September 2011 to elect the half of the members of Federal National Council. The elections were held using electoral colleges, which were expanded from around 6,000 members in the

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to 129,274.Elections in 2011
IPUM However, only 35,877 voters voted, with a voter turnout of 28%.

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.

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 to run for the parliamentary elections. Of those 469 nominees, 85 were women. 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. Candidates were prohibited from using religion in their campaign,Candidates for FNC cleared for final list
The National, 25 August 2011 and were limited to spend 2 million dirhams.

Results

Turnout by emirate

Nominated members

The appointed members announced were:Shaikh Khalifa to open new FNC term
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Aftermath

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was elected unopposed as Speaker of the Federal National Council.

References

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