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The Elections Commission (Dhivehi: އިލެކްޝަންސް ކޮމިޝަން, EC or ECM) is a commission set up to conduct, manage, supervise, and facilitate all elections and public referendums, to ensure the proper exercise of the right to vote, and to ensure that all elections and public referendums are conducted freely and fairly, without intimidation, aggression, undue influence or ...
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The Parliamentary Elections Act lays out the requirements for parliament candidates: [2] [3] is a citizen of the Maldives; is not a citizen of another country; is a Muslim and a follower of a Sunni school of Islam; has attained the age of 18 (eighteen) years; and; is of sound mind. They'll be disqualified if they: [2] [3]
On 28 October 2008, Mohamed Nasheed, leader of the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) defeated Gayoom in the country's democratic presidential elections. [3] Following the election, Nasheed and Mohammed Waheed Hassan were sworn in as the President and Vice President on 11 November in a special session of the Majlis at the Dharubaaruge .
The Maldives National Party (Dhivehi: މޯލްޑިވްސް ނޭޝަނަލް ޕާޓީ, MNP), is a political party in Maldives with a total membership of 7,519 as of 19 September 2024. [ 2 ] MNP was invited by the ruling Maldivian Democratic Party in October 2021 to join them in government.
[7] A by-election was announced by the Elections Commission, but later that year, the Maldivian High Court cancelled the election and said that "the announcement on 5 October 2011 by Elections Commission for by-elections of B. Thulhaadhoo to be held on 19 November 2011, was made without fulfilling the requirements previously ordered by the High ...
The Jumhooree Party (Dhivehi: ޖުމްހޫރީ ޕާޓީ, lit. ' Republican Party ') is a political party in the Maldives.The party was founded by a group of MPs on 26 May 2008, [2] and grew quickly, rapidly overtaking the Maldivian Democratic Party to become the largest opposition party in the Majlis for that year.
The People's National Congress, [a] abbreviated as PNC, is a political party in the Maldives founded in January 2019 and the current governing party. [4] The party's formation was spearheaded by former President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom, who had been in a dispute with the leadership of the Progressive Party of Maldives.