Le ministère de l’Intérieur vient de révéler le nombre de candidatures déposées dans le cadre des prochaines élections locales : 130 925 pour les communales et 7 588 pour les régionales.

C’est le PAM qui présente le plus de candidats pour le scrutin communal avec plus de 18 000 prétendants, soit 13,9 % du total. Suivent ensuite l’Istiqlal, le PJD, le RNI puis l’USFP.

As many as 90 nominations, including 26 from women, were received by the National Election Committee on Thursday, the fifth and last day of the candidate registration process for the Federal National Council Elections 2015, taking the total number of registered candidates to 349.

The NEC will declare the preliminary list on August 23, and the final list on August 31. Candidates can request withdrawal not later than September 14.

Abu Dhabi: With many former Federal National Council (FNC) members who won seats in the 2006 and 2011 elections contesting again, officials expect the FNC elections set for October 3 to be a very tight race.

“As the UAE confidently advances towards creating a more mature and securely institutionalised democracy, the Federal National Council elections 2015 will be a very tight race,” said Ahmad Bin Shabib Al Daheri, former deputy speaker of the FNC and member of the National Election Committee.

TEHRAN - Iranian Minister of Interior Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli says his ministry would take necessary measures to hold the upcoming parliamentary and Assembly of Experts elections electronically upon an approval by the country’s Guardian Council of the Constitution. 

Montenegrin President Filip Vujanovic on Sunday said Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina will be the first ex-Yugoslav republics to sign a border demarcation agreement.

After meeting the President of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dragan Covic, in the town of Tivat, Vujanovic said the agreement would be signed  by the end of August in Vienna. 

"The agreement with Montenegro is of special importance for Bosnia and Herzegovina since it will be the first one with one of our neighbours," Covic said.

Dubai: Candidates continued to nominate themselves in large numbers on day two of the nominations for the Federal National Council (FNC) elections on Monday.

In Sharjah, eight members registered for the candidacy, including a woman, while in Ajman seven people signed in for the nominations.

Aisha Mutawa Al Suwaidi, Principal of Al Manar Model School in Sharjah, thanked the Rulers of the country for giving her this wonderful opportunity, following the registration of her candidature at the Sharjah Consultative Council.