# 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. As political parties are banned in the UAE, all candidates run as independents. The election was the first to be conducted completely electronically, 92.69% of voters chose to vote remotely in the election cycle.

## Electoral system

The Federal National Council consists of 40 members, 20 of whom are appointed by the rulers of each emirate. 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. Since the 2019 election, the FNC has a gender quota, requiring 50% of FNC members to be women.
Not all citizens are eligible to vote. Instead, voters are handpicked and chosen through an electoral college, the membership of which was expanded from 337,738 in 2019 to 398,879 in 2023.

## Results

Preliminary results were released on 7 October, and certified on 13 October. The national election committees of all emirates, except the committees of Sharjah and Ras al-Khaimah, allocated half of their elected seats to the highest voted for candidates of each gender to meet their gender quotas; the appointed seats for each emirate need to ultimately achieve the quota.
| Party | Party | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Independents | | | 20 |
| Total | Total | | | 20 |
| Total votes | Total votes | 175,487 | – | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 398,879 | 44.00 | |
| Source: The National |||||

### Elected members

| Emirate | Elected members | Votes | Notes |
| Abu Dhabi | Salem Al Ameri | 4,509 | |
| Abu Dhabi | Hilal Al Kaabi | 3,671 | |
| Abu Dhabi | Mudhia Al Menhali | 2,448 | |
| Abu Dhabi | Hashima Al Afari | 1,769 | |
| Dubai | Humaid Al Tayer | 2,426 | |
| Dubai | Ahmed Khoury | 1,749 | |
| Dubai | Maryam Majid bin Thaneya | 1,064 | Re-elected |
| Dubai | Amna Ali Salem Ali Al Odaidi | 617 | |
| Sharjah | Mohammed Al Dhouri | 2,489 | |
| Sharjah | Adnan Al Hammadi | 2,335 | Re-elected |
| Sharjah | Walid Al Mansouri | 2,013 | |
| Ras al-Khaimah | Saeed Al Nuaimi | 3,866 | |
| Ras al-Khaimah | Sultan Al Zaabi | 3,720 | |
| Ras al-Khaimah | Salem Al Ali | 3,513 | |
| Ajman | Majid Al Mazrouei | 3,787 | |
| Ajman | Aisha Al Marri | 390 | |
| Fujairah | Sheikh Saeed Al Sharqi | 8,985 | |
| Fujairah | Aisha Al Dhanhan | 1,009 | |
| Umm al-Quwain | Mohammed Al Ali | 1,036 | |
| Umm al-Quwain | Mona Al Ali | 280 | |
| Source: The National, WAM ||||

### Voter turnout
#### 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: WAM ||||