2024 Maldivian parliamentary election

2024 Maldivian parliamentary election
Maldives
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All 93 seats in the People's Majlis
47 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats +/–
PNC Mohamed Muizzu 47.48 66 +63
MDP Abdulla Shahid 30.74 12 −53
MDA Ahmed Siyam Mohamed 1.91 2 0
JP Qasim Ibrahim 1.47 1 −4
MNP Mohamed Nazim 0.50 1 New
Independents – 14.52 11 +4
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Speaker before Speaker after
Mohamed Aslam
MDP		 Abdul Raheem Abdulla
PNC

Parliamentary elections were held in the Maldives on 21 April 2024,[1] having previously been scheduled for 17 March.[2] The election date was changed to April after President Mohamed Muizzu ratified election postponement bill by the People's Majlis passed on 28 February.[3][4] Due to Grade 7, 8 and 9 exams scheduled for 16–27 April clashing with the parliamentary election date, the Ministry of Education decided to bring forward the tests to 27 March–25 April.[5]

The result was a landslide victory for Muizzu's People's National Congress (PNC) and a heavy defeat for the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), which won a similar landslide in the 2019 elections. The results were seen as an endorsement of Muizzu's plan to press ahead with closer economic cooperation with China and a rebuke of the pro-India MDP, which had sought to disrupt efforts to realign Maldivian diplomacy.[6][7]

  1. ^ Sharuhan, Mohamed (21 April 2024). "Voting begins for Maldives Parliament, watched by India and China vying for control of Indian Ocean". Associated Press. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
  2. ^ Udhma, Fathimath (10 January 2024). "2024 Parliamentary Election slated for 17 March, 7 Ramadan". Raajje TV. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  3. ^ Mohamed, Mariyath (29 February 2024). "BREAKING: President ratifies election postponement bill". The Edition. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Parliament passes election postponement bill for second time". Sun. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  5. ^ Mohamed, Mariyath (15 March 2024). "Exams preponed to avoid coinciding with Parliamentary elections". The Edition. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Landslide win for pro-China leader's party in Maldives election". South China Morning Post. Agence France-Presse. 21 April 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  7. ^ Junayd, Mohamed (22 April 2024). "Maldives pro-China ruling party tipped to win election". Reuters. Retrieved 6 April 2024.