| Country: | United Arab Emirates |
| Previous Election: | 2019 |
| Next Election: | 2027 |
| Election Date: | 7 October 2023 |
| Seats For Election: | 20 of the 40 seats in the Federal National Council |
| Turnout: | 44.00% (9.19pp) |
| Noleader: | yes |
| Nopercentage: | yes |
| Party1: | Independents |
| Last Election1: | 20 |
| Seats1: | 20 |
| Speaker | |
| Before Election: | Saqr Ghobash |
| After Election: | Saqr Ghobash |
| Election Name: | 2023 Emirati parliamentary elections |
| Type: | legislative |
| Previous Year: | 2019 |
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.[1] [2] [3] As political parties are banned in the UAE, all candidates run as independents.[4] The election was the first to be conducted completely electronically, 92.69% of voters chose to vote remotely in the election cycle.
The Federal National Council consists of 40 members, 20 of whom are appointed by the rulers of each emirate.[5] [6] 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.[7] [8] 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.[9] [10]
Preliminary results were released on 7 October, and certified on 13 October.[8] 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.
| Emirate | Elected members | Votes | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abu Dhabi | Salem Al Ameri | 4,509 | ||
| Hilal Al Kaabi | 3,671 | |||
| Mudhia Al Menhali | 2,448 | |||
| Hashima Al Afari | 1,769 | |||
| Dubai | Humaid Al Tayer | 2,426 | ||
| Ahmed Khoury | 1,749 | |||
| Maryam Majid bin Thaneya | 1,064 | Re-elected | ||
| Amna Ali Salem Ali Al Odaidi | 617 | |||
| Sharjah | Mohammed Al Dhouri | 2,489 | ||
| Adnan Al Hammadi | 2,335 | Re-elected | ||
| Walid Al Mansouri | 2,013 | |||
| Ras al-Khaimah | Saeed Al Nuaimi | 3,866 | ||
| Sultan Al Zaabi | 3,720 | |||
| Salem Al Ali | 3,513 | |||
| Ajman | Majid Al Mazrouei | 3,787 | ||
| Aisha Al Marri | 390 | |||
| Fujairah | Sheikh Saeed Al Sharqi | 8,985 | ||
| Aisha Al Dhanhan | 1,009 | |||
| Umm al-Quwain | Mohammed Al Ali | 1,036 | ||
| Mona Al Ali | 280 | |||
| Source: The National, WAM | ||||
| 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% |
| align=left colspan=4 | Source: WAM |
| Gender | Eligible voters | % of eligible voters | % of turnout |
|---|---|---|---|
| Male | 194,111 | 48.67% | 55.86% |
| Female | 204,768 | 51.22% | 44.14% |
| align=left colspan=4 | Source: WAM[11] [12] |