Federal National Council
The Federal National Council ( Arabic المجلس الوطني الإتحادي al-Majlis al-watani al-ittihadi , DMG al-maǧlis al-waṭanī al-ittiḥādī ) is the parliament in the unicameral system of the United Arab Emirates .
40 members of parliament are elected. Eight of the MPs come from the emirates of Abu Dhabi and Dubai , six from Sharjah and Ra's al-Khaimah and four from Ajman , Umm al-Qaiwain and Fujairah .
Parliament has more advisory functions than legislative functions. Not all citizens of the state have the right to vote.
So far, elections have taken place in 2006 , 2011 and 2015.