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More than 100 women have been shortlisted as candidates for the Federal National Council elections.
The National Elections Commission on Saturday released the final list of candidates, state news agency Wam reported.
It comes a week after the UAE election committee announced the preliminary list of 309 candidates for the elections, due to take place on October 7.
There are 128 female candidates, making up 41 per cent of the total, while 36 candidates (11 per cent) are aged between 25 and 35.
Abu Dhabi has the largest number of election candidates at 118, Dubai has 57, Sharjah has 50 while…
