Elections in the Maldives

Elections in Maldives gives information on election and election results in the Maldives.

Maldives elects on national level a head of state, the president, and a legislature. The president is elected directly for a five-year term by the people.

The Assembly (Majlis) has 88 . All members are elected directly for a term of five years from 88 single-member constituencies.

Latest elections

2019 parliamentary election

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Maldivian Democratic Party	96,354	45.83	65	+39
	Jumhooree Party	23,452	11.15	5	–10
	Progressive Party of Maldives	19,176	9.12	5	–28
	People's National Congress	13,931	6.63	3	New
	Maldives Development Alliance	6,636	3.16	2	–3
	Adhaalath Party	4,423	2.10	0	–1
	Maldives Labour and Social Democratic Party	314	0.15	0	New
	Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party	373	0.18	0	0
	Maldives Third Way Democrats	293	0.14	0	New
	Independents	45,301	21.55	7	+2
Invalid/blank votes		4,800	–	–	–
Total		215,053	100	87	+2
Registered voters/turnout		264,442	81.32	–	–
Source: Commonwealth

2018 presidential election

Candidate		Running mate	Party	Votes	%
	Ibrahim Mohamed Solih	Faisal Naseem	Maldivian Democratic Party	134,705	58.38
	Abdulla Yameen	Mohamed Shaheem	Progressive Party of Maldives	96,052	41.62
Total				230,757	100.00
Valid votes				230,757	98.66
Invalid/blank votes				3,132	1.34
Total votes				233,889	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				262,135	89.22
Source: Elections Commission of the Maldives

See also

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

References

External links

• Adam Carr's Election Archive