Elections 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 members. All members are elected directly for a term of five years from 87 single-member constituencies. In the 2023 presidential elections, Muizzu emerged victorious over his opponent, Ibrahim Mohamed Solih.

Latest elections

2023 presidential election

Main article: 2023 Maldivian presidential election

Candidate		Running mate	Party	First round		Second round
				Votes	%	Votes	%
	Mohamed Muizzu	Hussain Mohamed Latheef	People's National Congress	101,635	46.06	129,159	54.04
	Ibrahim Mohamed Solih	Mohamed Aslam	Maldivian Democratic Party	86,161	39.05	109,868	45.96
	Ilyas Labeeb	Hussain Amr	The Democrats	15,839	7.18
	Umar Naseer	Maaz Saleem	Independent	6,343	2.87
	Qasim Ibrahim	Ameen Ibrahim	Jumhooree Party	5,460	2.47
	Ahmed Faris Maumoon	Abdul Sattar Yoosuf	Independent	2,979	1.35
	Mohamed Nazim	Ahmed Adheel Naseer	Maldives National Party	1,907	0.86
	Hassan Zameel	Mariyam Aleem	Independent	327	0.15
Total				220,651	100.00	239,027	100.00
Valid votes				220,651	97.86	239,027	96.81
Invalid/blank votes				4,835	2.14	7,888	3.19
Total votes				225,486	100.00	246,915	100.00
Registered voters/turnout				282,395	79.85	282,804	87.31
Source: Elections Commission, Elections Commission

2019 parliamentary election

Main article: 2019 Maldivian 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
Total		210,253	100.00	87	+2
Valid votes		210,253	97.77
Invalid/blank votes		4,800	2.23
Total votes		215,053	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		264,442	81.32
Source: Commonwealth

See also

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

External links

• Adam Carr's Election Archive