Maldivian parliamentary election, 2014

Maldivian parliamentary election, 2014

22 March 2014

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 Percentage 38.8% 30.6% 17.6%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Ahmed Shiyam Mohamad Sheik Imran Abdulla Party MDA AP Leader since 2012 2005 Last election – 0 seats, 0.9% Seats won 5 1 Seat change New 1 Percentage 5.9% 1.2%

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 Chairmain 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

References

Elections and referendums in the Maldives
Presidential elections	1952 1968 1973 1978 1983 1988 1993 1998 2003 2008 2013
Parliamentary elections	1975 1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2005 2009 2014
Referendums	1952 1953 1959 1968 2007