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Maldives elects on national level a head of state, the president, and a legislature. The president is elected directly for a five-year term by the people. [1]
The Assembly (Majlis) has 88 members. All members are elected directly for a term of five years from 87 single-member constituencies. In the 2023 presidential elections, Muizzu emerged victorious over his opponent, Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. [2]
| Candidate | Running mate | Party | First round | Second round | |||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||
| Mohamed Muizzu | Hussain Mohamed Latheef | People's National Congress | 101,635 | 46.06 | 129,159 | 54.04 | |
| Ibrahim Mohamed Solih | Mohamed Aslam | Maldivian Democratic Party | 86,161 | 39.05 | 109,868 | 45.96 | |
| Ilyas Labeeb | Hussain Amr | The Democrats | 15,839 | 7.18 | |||
| Umar Naseer | Maaz Saleem | Independent | 6,343 | 2.87 | |||
| Qasim Ibrahim | Ameen Ibrahim | Jumhooree Party | 5,460 | 2.47 | |||
| Ahmed Faris Maumoon | Abdul Sattar Yoosuf | Independent | 2,979 | 1.35 | |||
| Mohamed Nazim | Ahmed Adheel Naseer | Maldives National Party | 1,907 | 0.86 | |||
| Hassan Zameel | Mariyam Aleem | Independent | 327 | 0.15 | |||
| Total | 220,651 | 100.00 | 239,027 | 100.00 | |||
| Valid votes | 220,651 | 97.86 | 239,027 | 96.81 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 4,835 | 2.14 | 7,888 | 3.19 | |||
| Total votes | 225,486 | 100.00 | 246,915 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 282,395 | 79.85 | 282,804 | 87.31 | |||
| Source: Elections Commission, Elections Commission | |||||||
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Maldivian Democratic Party | 96,354 | 45.83 | 65 | +39 | |
| Jumhooree Party | 23,452 | 11.15 | 5 | –10 | |
| Progressive Party of 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 Party | 4,423 | 2.10 | 0 | –1 | |
| Maldives Labour and Social Democratic Party | 314 | 0.15 | 0 | New | |
| Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party | 373 | 0.18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Maldives Third Way Democrats | 293 | 0.14 | 0 | New | |
| Independents | 45,301 | 21.55 | 7 | +2 | |
| Total | 210,253 | 100.00 | 87 | +2 | |
| Valid votes | 210,253 | 97.77 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 4,800 | 2.23 | |||
| Total votes | 215,053 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 264,442 | 81.32 | |||
| Source: Commonwealth | |||||
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