Parliamentary elections were held in the

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia ( The Middle East). It is located at t ...

on 24 September 2011 to elect the half of the members of

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. 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

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Results

Turnout by emirate

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 Amal Al Qubaisi (born 18 October 1969) was the speaker of the United Arab Emirates Federal National Council (FNC) from 2015 to 2019. She was first female leader of a national assembly in the United Arab Emirates and the Arab world. Before holding ...

*Dubai: # Afra al-Basti # Mona al-Bahar #

Mohammad Al-Murr Mohammad Ahmad Mohammad Al Murr Al Falasi (born 1955 in Dubai) is a short-story writer from the United Arab Emirates. He has published over 15 volumes of short stories and has had two collections translated into English: ''Dubai Tales'' and ''The ...

# Ahmad al-Mansouri *Sharjah: # Shaikha al-Owais # Ahmad al-Za'abi # Ya'aqoub al-Naqbi *Ras Al Khaimah: # Abdul al-Za'abi # 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

Mohammed Al-Murr was elected unopposed as Speaker of the Federal National Council.

References

{{United Arab Emirates elections Elections in the United Arab Emirates

Parliamentary election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...