2011 Emirati parliamentary election
Introduction Parliamentary elections were held in the United Arab Emirates 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 6,689 members in the 2006 elections to 129,274.However, only 35,877 voters voted, with a voter turnout of 27.75%.
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. 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. Emirate  Candidates  Female candidatesAbu Dhabi 117 22Dubai 124 26Sharjah 94 16Ras Al Khaimah 60 9Ajman 34 5Umm Al Quwain 19 4Fujairah 21 3'''Total''' '''469'''  '''85'''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, and were limited to spend AED 2 million (US$544,400).
Results EmirateElected memberVotes Abu Dhabi Salem Al Ameri2,815Mohammad Al Ameri2,380Mohammad Al Qubaisi1,199Ahmad Al Ameri1,153DubaiHamad Al Rahoumi1327Marwan Bin Ghulaita1,195Ahmad Ahli1,164Rashad Bukhash1,077SharjahSalem Bin Howayden805Ahmad Al Jarwan766Musabbah Al Ketbi652Ras al-KhaimahAhmed Abdullah Al Amash1,449Saeed Al Khateri957Faisal Al Tunaiji717AjmanSultan Al Shamsi296Abdullah Al Shamsi287FujairahGhareeb Al Suraidi436Sultan Al Yamahi396Umm Al QuwainSheikha Al Ari536Obeid Al Alili332Source:  NEC===Turnout by emirate===EmirateRegisteredVotedTurnoutAbu Dhabi47,44410,10921.31Dubai37,5149,26824.71Sharjah13,9375,89042.26Ras Al Khaimah16,8505,08530.18Umm Al Quwain3,2851,79654.67Ajman3,9201,56239.85Fujairah6,3242,16734.27'''Total''''''129,274''''''35,877''''''27.75'''Source:   NEC,  NEC===Nominated members===The appointed members announced were:*Abu Dhabi:#Noura Al Kaabi#Sultan Al Daheri#Khalifa Al Suwaidi#Amal Al Qubaisi*Dubai:#Afra Al Basti#Mona Al Bahar#Mohammad Al Murr#Ahmad Al Mansouri*Sharjah:#Shaikha Al Owais#Ahmad Al Zaabi#Yaqoub Al Naqbi*Ras Al Khaimah:#Abdul Al Zaabi#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 Mohammad Al Murr was elected unopposed as speaker of the Federal National Council.
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