2014 Maldivian parliamentary election

2014 Maldivian parliamentary election

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All 85 seats in the People's Majlis 43 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Maumoon Abdul Gayoom Mohamed Nasheed Qasim Ibrahim Party PPM MDP JP Leader since 2011 2009 2008 Last election – 26 seats, 30.8% 1 seat, 4.2% Seats won 33 26 15 Seat change New 14 Popular vote 51,424 75,670 25,149 Percentage 27.72% 40.79% 13.56%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Party MDA AP Leader since 2012 2005 Last election – 0 seats, 0.9% Seats won 5 1 Seat change New 1 Popular vote 7,496 4,941 Percentage 4.04% 2.66%
Speaker of the People's Majlis before election Abdulla Shahid MDP Speaker of People's Majlis Abdulla Maseeh Mohamed PPM

Parliamentary elections were held in the Maldives on 22 March 2014.^[1] The Progressive Party of Maldives and its allies won 53 seats.

Background[]

The elections were held after the controversial presidential elections in which Abdulla Yameen defeated Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldivian Democratic Party. Following the elections the Supreme Court dismissed the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Election Commission for contempt of court. The MDP protested, but did not boycott the parliamentary elections.

One the day before the elections Qasim Ibrahim of the Jumhooree Party requested that the Supreme Court to delay the elections due to the Election Commission not having a full complement of members. However, his request was rejected.

Electoral system[]

The 85 seats in the People's Majlis were elected in single-member constituencies using the first-past-the-post system.^[2] The Majlis was expanded from 77 to 85 seats.

Results[]

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