The elections in the Maldives to the People's Majlis were held on April 6, 2019 [1] . As a result, the Democratic Party won, receiving 65 out of 87 seats in parliament .
← 2014  | |||
| Legislative Election in the Maldives | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | |||
| April 6th | |||
| Voter turnout | 81.32% | ||
 |  |  | |
| Party head | Mohamed Nashid | Qasim Ibrahim | Abdullah Yamin |
| The consignment | Democratic Party | Republican Party | Progressive party |
| Seats received | 65 (39 ▲ ) | 5 (10 ▼ ) | 5 (28 ▼ ) |
| Votes | 96 354 (45.83%) | 23,452 (11.15%) | 19,176 (9.12%) |
| Past number of seats | 26 | fifteen | 33 |
Electoral Law
The Majlis of the Maldives consists of 87 deputies elected in single-mandate constituencies through a majoritarian electoral system . [2] Before the 2019 election, the number of seats in parliament was increased from 85 to 87: two additional seats appeared in the capital Male [3] [4] .
Results
| The consignment | Votes | % | Places | +/– | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 96 354 | 45.83 | 65 | +39 | ||
| Republican Party | 23,452 | 11.15 | 5 | -10 | ||
| Progressive Party 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 | 4 423 | 2.10 | 0 | -one | ||
| Maldives Labor and Social Democratic Party | 314 | 0.15 | 0 | new | ||
| Maldives People's Party | 373 | 0.18 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Maldivian Democrats of the Third Way | 293 | 0.14 | 0 | new | ||
| Independent Candidates | 45 301 | 21.55 | 7 | +2 | ||
| Invalid Newsletters | 4 800 | - | - | - | ||
| Total | 215 053 | one hundred | 87 | +2 | ||
| Registered Voters / Turnout | 264,442 | 81.32 | - | - | ||
| Source: CEC | ||||||
Notes
- ↑ Maldives postpones parliamentary elections The Edition, 16 December 2018
- ↑ Electoral system IPU
- ↑ Two new constituencies for 2019 parliamentary elections Maldives Independent, 6 November 2018
- ↑ EC announces official electoral constituencies for parliamentary election The Edition, November 6, 2018