Election in Maldivs

Description of election in Maldives.......

Elections in Maldives gives information on election and election results in 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 77 members . All members are elected directly for a term of five years from 77 single-member constituencies.

There had not been political parties in the Maldives since 1952. The MDP initially submitted its registration on February 24, 2001. Although the Maldivian Constitution allows political parties to operate, the MDP's application was rebuffed. After the people fighting for their rights on the street and the death of Evan Naseem, MDP declared its existence in exile from Sri Lanka on November 10, 2003. Initially, it was formed by a group of 42 people, which included members of parliament, a former cabinet minister and leading businessmen. 

Members on its first general council were elected on February 13, 2004. Although the MDP was not recognized by the Maldivian government, it began operating in Maldives on April 30, 2005.

In June 2, 2005, the members of the People's Majlis unanimously voted to legally recognize political parties. The MDP subsequently submitted its registration on June 26, 2005 becoming the first political party to be registered in the Second Republic of Maldives

At the first multi-party parliamentary elections in Maldives, on May 9, 2009, the MDP won 34% of seats which is 26 out of the 77 seats in the parliament becoming the party to win the second most number of seats. However, in case of number of votes, MDP gained the most number of votes with 35.3% of the votes (50,562 votes) which is a 10.39% increase from the first round of 2008 Presidential Elections when MDP was not allied with any other party. From the elections DRP gained 27.5% of the votes (39,399 votes) which is a 12.5% decrease from the first round of 2008 Presidential Elections. 

Even though, the party started with 26 MPs after the parliamentary elections, the party gained four more seats to become the single party with most number of seats in the Parliament, the People's Majlis. The MPs who signed up for the party include Alhan Fahmy who was previously member of the Dhivehi Rayyithunge 

Party  Population (as of July 1, 2013)=393,988

Elections in our database=10

Registered Voters (as of Nov. 14, 2013)=239,165

Average Turnout=93.25%

Election For             Date                  Votes          Registered Voters     Turn Out

People's Council      2014-03-22        -                 239,165                       -

President                  2013-11-16      218,619      239,165                        -

President                  2013-11-09      208,504      239,105                        -

President                  2013-10-19       -                 -                                    -

President                  2013-09-07      211,890      239,593                       88.44%

People's Council      2009-05-09      166,105      214,405                       77.47%

President                  2008-10-29      181,204      209,294                       86.58%

President                  2008-10-08      177,802      208,252                       85.38%

People's Council      2005-01-22      225,250      156,267                       144.14%

Referendum              2003-10-22     114,849      148,271                       77.46%