州議会の議員は、それぞれの州の住民による直接選挙で選ばれ、いずれの州議会の議員数も、当該州の住民人口が国全体の人口に占める割合に応じて定められる。

The members of the Provincial Councils are directly elected by the people in their provinces, and the number of members of any Provincial Councils is decided according to the ratio of the inhabitants in such province to the whole population of the State.

ウンマ評議会の議員は、州評議会によって直接選出される。ウンマ評議会の任期の始まりと終わりは、州評議会のそれと同じである。ウンマ評議会の議員は、任命ではなく選挙によって選ばれる。彼らは人々の意見を代弁する人民の代表であり、代表者は、その代表する相手によって選ばれるべきであり、決して押し付けられるべきではない。さらに、ウンマ評議会の議員は、個人であれ集団であれ、人々の意見の代表者であるから、広い地域の人々や、あまり知られていない人々の代表を知ることは、その代表者が人々自身によって選ばれない限り成り立たない。また、アッラーの使徒ﷺは、協議する相手を能力、有能さ、人格に基づいて選んだのではなく、能力や有能さに関係なく、彼らが自分の民の長であったという理由で選んだ。アル＝アqabahの第二の忠誠の誓い（バイア）において、彼に忠誠を誓ったムスリムたちは彼にとって未知の人々であった。そのため彼は、長を選ぶことをその人々自身に委ね、次のように言われた。

The members of the Ummah Council are elected directly by the Provincial Councils. The start and end of the terms of the Ummah Council are the same as those of the Provincial Councils. The members of the Ummah Council are elected and not appointed. They are representatives of the people to voice the opinions of the public and the representative should be chosen by the person whom he represents and should never be imposed upon him. Furthermore, the members of the Ummah Council are representatives of the people’s opinions, whether they are individuals or groups; so to know the representative of people in a large area, and those peoples who are not well known, does not come about unless this representative is chosen by them. Also, the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) did not choose those whom he consulted based on their ability, competence and personalities; rather he chose them because they were chiefs among their people, regardless of their ability and competence; in the second Bay’a of Al-‘Aqabah, the Muslims who gave him the Bay’a were not known to him and this is why he left the matter of choosing the chiefs to them, by saying: