The first elections ever to be held in the United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...

 took place on 16 December, 18 December and 20 December 2006. Half of the Federal National Council

Federal National Council

The Federal National Council , is the federal authority of the United Arab Emirates formed to represent the general emirati people. The FNC consist of 40 members with advisory tasks in the house of legislative council...

, which has forty members, were elected.

Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi , literally Father of Gazelle, is the capital and the second largest city of the United Arab Emirates in terms of population and the largest of the seven member emirates of the United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi lies on a T-shaped island jutting into the Persian Gulf from the central western...

 and Fujairah

Fujairah

Fujairah is one of the seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates, and the only one on the Gulf of Oman in the country's east instead of Persian Gulf .-History:...

 voted on 16 December; Dubai

Dubai

Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...

 and Ras al-Khaimah

Ras al-Khaimah

Ras al-Khaimah is one of the emirates of the United Arab Emirates , in the east of the Persian Gulf. It is in the northern part of the UAE bordering Oman's exclave. The capital city and home of most residents is also called Ras al-Khaimah. The city has a population of 263,217 as of 2008. The city...

 on 18 December; Sharjah, Ajmān

Ajman

Ajman , also spelt Ujman, is one of the seven emirates constituting the United Arab Emirates . With an area of just 260 square kilometres , Ajman is the smallest emirate by area...

 and Umm al-Quwain

Umm al-Quwain

Umm al-Quwain is one of the emirates in the United Arab Emirates, located in the north of the country. The emirate was ruled until his death by Rashid bin Ahmad Al Mu'alla, who was a member of the UAE's Supreme Council since 1981. The emirate had 62,000 inhabitants in 2003 and has an area of 750...

 on 20 December. Only 6,689 of the more than 300,000 people over 18 years were allowed to vote, 1,163 of them women; all of these voters were chosen by the rulers of the seven emirates. One of the four seats in Abu Dhabi went to a woman, Amal Abdullah al-Kubaissi.
The government has expressed that future elections will be more participatory, including that the powers of the Federal National Council will be expanded and that the right to vote will be granted to all citizens.

Result

Name	Emirate
Ahmed Shabeeb Al Dhaheri	Abu Dhabi Abu Dhabi (emirate) Abu Dhabi, officially the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, , is one of seven emirates that constitute the United Arab Emirates . It is the capital of UAE and is the largest emirate by area , and second-largest by population , accounting for approximately 86% of the total land area of the UAE...
Amal Abdulla Al Qubaisi
Rashed Musabah Al Kendi Al Murar
Aamer Abdul Jalil Mohamed Al Fahim
Abdulla Nasser bin Huwaileel Al Mansouri
Fatema Hamad Al Mazrooei
Mohammed Mohammed Ali Fadel Al Hameli
Mugheer Khamis Al Khaili
Hussain Sajwani Hussain Sajwani Hussain Ali Sajwani, born in Dubai in 1956, is a UAE national and Chairman and Founder of Damac Holding, a multi-billion dollar conglomerate based in Dubai.Mr...	Dubai Dubai Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
Jamal Mohd Al Hai
Hussain Abdulla Ali Al Shafar
Khalid Ali Ahmed bin Zayed
Sultan Saqer Al Suwaidi
Fatma Ghanim Khalfan Al Marri
Maysa Rashed Saad Ghadeer
Najla Faisal Al Awadhi
Hamad Harith Al Midfa	Sharjah
Khalifa Abdulla bin Huwaidan Al Ketbi
Salim Mohamed bin Salim Al Naqbi
Ayshah Mohammad Khalfan Al Roomi
Obaid Ali bin Butti Al Muhairi
Mohamed Abdulla Ali Saif Al Zaabi
Ahmed Mohd Naser Al Khatri	Ras al-Khaimah Ras al-Khaimah Ras al-Khaimah is one of the emirates of the United Arab Emirates , in the east of the Persian Gulf. It is in the northern part of the UAE bordering Oman's exclave. The capital city and home of most residents is also called Ras al-Khaimah. The city has a population of 263,217 as of 2008. The city...
Rashed Mohamed Al Sheraiqi
Abdul Rahim Abdul Latif Al Shahin
Abdulla Ahmed Balhin Al Shehhi
Nedal Mohamed bin Shurbak Al Tenaiji
Yousef Obaid Al Neaimi
Hamad Abdulla Ghulaita Al Ghufli	Ajman Ajman Ajman , also spelt Ujman, is one of the seven emirates constituting the United Arab Emirates . With an area of just 260 square kilometres , Ajman is the smallest emirate by area...
Khaled Hamad Mohammed Abu Shehab
Ali Majed Al Matrooshi
Alia Salem Saeed Al Suwaidi
Ahmed Saeed Abdulla Al Dhanhani	Fujairah Fujairah Fujairah is one of the seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates, and the only one on the Gulf of Oman in the country's east instead of Persian Gulf .-History:...
Rowayyah Saif Sultan Al Samahi
Saeed Ali Hamad Al Hafri
Sultan Ahmed Abdulla Al Moadhen
Ali Jasim Ahmed	Umm al-Quwain Umm al-Quwain Umm al-Quwain is one of the emirates in the United Arab Emirates, located in the north of the country. The emirate was ruled until his death by Rashid bin Ahmad Al Mu'alla, who was a member of the UAE's Supreme Council since 1981. The emirate had 62,000 inhabitants in 2003 and has an area of 750...
Sultan Khalfan Sultan bin Hussain
Sultan Saif Salim Al Kubaisi
Yousef Ali Fadil bin Fadil