Federal National Council

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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.

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