Sharjah Council elections see 87 percent voter turnout

The participation rate at the Emirate of Sharjah level reached 87 percent of the total number of members of the nine registered electoral bodies. Some 45,167 voters, men and women, out of a total electorate of 51,637. The recorded vote was 59 percent for men and 41 percent for women. Participation in electronic voting was notable compared to in-person voting, as electronic voting reached 97%, while in-person voting was 3%.

Voting was carried out electronically using the digital identity document through the dedicated website and in person at the nine accredited voting centers, in accordance with the highest standards of accuracy and transparency.

The growing awareness among citizens of Sharjah about the importance of participating in the elections was reflected in the increase in participation in registration and voting in response to the call of His Highness Dr. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of the Council Supreme Court and Ruler of Sharjah, highlighting the importance of community participation in the election of members of the Advisory Council.

The Supreme Committee congratulated Dr. Sheikh Sheikh on the tremendous success achieved by the emirate’s national democratic experiment, recording a record percentage of voter turnout.

The number of voters in this third session of the Consultative Council elections constitutes a new achievement for the Emirate of Sharjah.

The Supreme Committee congratulated all the winners of the third round elections, praising the efforts of the voters and women and their enthusiasm to register and choose who represents them under the leadership of the Consultative Council.

Muhammad Hassan Khalaf, Member of the Supreme Committee for Elections of the Sharjah Consultative Council and Chairman of the Media Committee, announced the names of the winners, who are as follows:

The number of registered members of the Electoral College in Sharjah city reached 25,622, the number of voters was 22,105 and the voting percentage reached 86 percent.

• Obaid Ishaq Abdullah Ismail Al-Mazmi first place, with 1,327 votes.

• Mohammed Abdullah Ibrahim Hassan Al Balushi, second place with 952 votes.

• Sultan Saeed Sultan Dalmuk Al Suwaidi came third with 864 votes

• Rashid Saleh Yousef Ahmed Al Hammadi, fourth place, with 723 votes

• Muhammad Saleh Muhammad Abdullah Al Ali, fifth place, with 705 votes

• Issa Abdul Rahim Muhammad Mahmoud Al-Zarouni, sixth place, received 702 votes. Seventh place: Amer Muhammad Ahmed Ali Al-Zarouni, with 679 votes.

• Muhammad Ali Jaber Saleh Al Hammadi came in eighth place with 577 votes.

• Muhammad Ali Hussein Hamad Al Mannai ranked ninth with 548 votes

The number of members of the electoral bodies in the city of Al Dhaid reached 2,210 registered voters and the number of voters reached 2,021. The voting percentage reached 91 percent.

Rashid Abdullah Saeed bin Huwaiden Al Ketbi, with 256 votes

Saeed Matar Masoud bin Hamid Al Tunaiji, with 179 votes

Abdullah Tarish Rashid Abdullah Al Ketbi with 160 votes

The number of registered members of the Electoral College in the city of Khorfakkan reached 9,414, the number of voters was 8,435 and the voting percentage reached 90 percent. The following people gained Khorfakkan membership:

Hamad Abdel-Wahab Hassan Al-Qawadi Al-Hammadi, with 1,581 votes.

Jassim Mohammed Saeed Al-Hinawi Al-Naqbi, with 1,237 votes.

Abdullah Ali Ahmed Al-Badawi Al-Hosani, with 888 votes.

The number of members of the Kalba City Electoral College reached 6,515, while the number of registered voters was 5,394. The voting percentage reached 83 percent.

Tariq Murad Mirza Barakat Al Balushi with 1,052 votes.

Yousef Muhammad Ali Yousef Al Mazrouei, with 863 votes

Ahmed Obaid Yousef Al-Awasiya Al-Zaabi, with 813 votes

The number of members of the Electoral College in the city of Dibba Al-Hisn reached 3,781. The number of voters was 3,475 and the voting percentage was 92 percent.

Muhammad Ahmed Hassan Al-Alawi Al-Dhahouri, with 534 votes

Hamid Obaid Ali Hamid Al-Hamoudi, with 427 votes

The number of registered members of the Electoral College in the Hamriya region reached 445, the number of voters was 402 and the voting percentage reached 90 percent. The following person gained Council membership:

Rashid Ghanem Obaid Khalfan Al Shamsi with 156 votes.

The number of registered members of the Electoral College in the Al-Bataeh region reached 774, and the number of votes reached 715, while the percentage of votes reached 92 percent.

Muhammad Ali Mubarak bin Salam Al-Ketbi, with 208 votes.

The number of registered members of the Electoral College in the Mleiha region reached 1,330, the number of voters reached 1,226 and the voting percentage reached 92 percent.

Ahmed Salem Awad Humaidi Al Ketbi with 377 votes.

The number of members of the Electoral College in the Señora zone reached 1,546 members; The number of voters was 1,394 and the voting percentage reached 90 percent.

Abdullah Rashid Abdullah Maaden Al Ketbi, with 236 votes

Salem Mohammed Saeed Al Rashidi, with 197 votes

The third session of the Sharjah Consultative Council elections included a series of important and successful stages, the last of which was the voting stage that lasted three days from December 5 to 7, which witnessed a remarkable turnout of citizens to choose who represents them on the Advisory Council. The 25 seats are distributed among the nine electoral districts of the Emirate of Sharjah.

Dr. Mansour Muhammad bin Nassar said that the elections to the Consultative Council embody the enthusiasm of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, to enable national participation of citizens in the decisions. and to enable the Advisory Council to perform its functions and achieve its objectives. He stressed that consolidating the principle of Shura as a general approach is inseparable from the Highness’s vision of it.

He added that the Consultative Council, in accordance with these guidelines and achievements throughout its history since its establishment in 1999, represents a milestone in the history of the Emirate of Sharjah, an outstanding milestone in the course of public work in the emirate, and a vision of support, guidance and assistance for the executive institution.

The result ranking process is scheduled to be followed by an appeal period allocated from December 8 to 9, while the Supreme Committee’s response to the appeals will be on December 10 and the final list of winners will be approved on December 11 .