List of Maldivian presidential candidates

This is a list of Maldivian presidential candidates. The first Maldivian presidential election was held in 1952, which was the first Republic. The first republic was later abolished. The Second Republic was started in 1968, and the first presidential election of the Second Republic was in the same year. ^[1]

List

Year	#	Candidate	Party		Vice Presidential candidate	Votes	Result	Ref
1952	—	Mohamed Amin Didi		RMP	Ibrahim Mohamed	Un­known	Won	[2]
1968	—	Ibrahim Nasir		IND	Abdul Sattar Moosa	Un­known	Won	[1]
1973					Ibrahim Shihab	Un­known	Won	[1]
1978	—	Maumoon Abdul Gayoom		IND	01.2Vacant; No Vice president	Un­known	Won	[3]
1983						57,913	Won
1988						69,373	Won
1993						Un­known	Won
1998						86,504	Won
2003				DRP		102,909	Won
2008	1	Qasim Ibrahim		JP	Ahmed Ali Sawaad	27,056	Lost	[4]
	2	Maumoon Abdul Gayoom		DRP	Ahmed Thasmeen Ali	71,731 (First Round) 82,121 (Second Round)	Lost
	3	Hassan Saeed		IND	Ahmed Shaheed	29,633	Lost
	4	Mohamed Nasheed		MDP	Mohamed Waheed Hassan	44,293 (First Round) 97,222 (Second Round)	Won
	5	Ibrahim Ismail		SLP	Fathimath Nahid Shakir	1,382	Lost
	6	Umar Naseer		IDP	Ahmed Rizwy	2,472	Lost
2013	1	Qasim Ibrahim		JP	Hassan Saeed	48,131	Lost	[5]
	2	Mohamed Waheed Hassan		GIP	Ahmed Thasmeen Ali	10,750	Lost
	3	Abdulla Yameen		PPM	Mohamed Jameel Ahmed	61,278 (First Round) 111,203 (Second Round)	Won
	4	Mohamed Nasheed		MDP	Mustafa Lutfi	96,764 (First Round) 105,181 (Second Round)	Lost
2018	1	Abdulla Yameen		PPM	Mohamed Shaheem	96,052	Lost	[6] [7]
	2	Ibrahim Mohamed Solih		MDP	Faisal Naseem	134,705	Won
2023	1	Umar Naseer		IND	Maaz Saleem	6,343	Lost	[8] [9]
	2	Hassan Zameel		IND	Mariyam Aleem	327	Lost
	3	Ibrahim Mohamed Solih		MDP	Mohamed Aslam	86,161 (First Round) 109,868 (Second Round)	Lost
	4	Mohamed Muizzu		PNC	Hussain Mohamed Latheef	101,635 (First Round) 129,159 (Second Round)	Won
	5	Qasim Ibrahim		JP	Ameen Ibrahim	5,460	Lost
	6	Ahmed Faris Maumoon		IND	Abdul Sattar Yoosuf	2,979	Lost
	7	Ilyas Labeeb		TD	Hussain Amr	15,839	Lost
	8	Mohamed Nazim		MNP	Ahmed Adheel Naseer	1,907	Lost

See also

• President of the Maldives
• Elections in the Maldives
• List of heads of state of the Maldives

References

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2. Amir, Hassan (December 2011). "Islamism and radicalism in the Maldives" (PDF). Calhoun - NPS Institutional Archive . Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 March 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
3. "Malediven, 28. Juli 1978 : Maumoon Abdel Gayoom als Präsident" [Maldives, July 28, 1978: Maumoon Abdul Gayoom as President]. Direct Democracy (in German). Archived from the original on 15 April 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
4. "Presidential Election 2008". Elections Commission . Archived from the original on 8 November 2023. Retrieved 8 October 2008.
5. "Presidential Election 2013". Elections Commission . Archived from the original on 22 July 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
6. "3 ސެޕްޓެމްބަރ 2018 ވީ އާދީއްތަ ދުވަހު ބޭއްވުނު ރިޔާސީ އިންތިޚާބުގެ ރަސްމީ ނަތީޖާ". Gazette of the Maldivian Government (in Divehi). Elections Commission. Archived from the original on 20 November 2023. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
7. "Presidential Election 2018 Statistics". Elections Commission . Archived from the original on 18 April 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
8. "2023 ސެޕްޓެންބަރު 9 ވީ ހޮނިހިރު ދުވަހު ބޭއްވި ރިޔާސީ އިންތިޚާބުގެ ރަސްމީ ނަތީޖާ" [9 September 2023 Saturday's Presidential election second round's results]. Gazette of the Maldivian Government (in Divehi). Elections Commission of the Maldives. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
9. "2023 ސެޕްޓެންބަރު 30 ވީ ހޮނިހިރު ދުވަހު ބޭއްވި ރިޔާސީ އިންތިޚާބުގެ ދެވަނަ ބުރުގެ ރަސްމީ ނަތީޖާ". Gazette of the Maldivian Government (in Divehi). Elections Commission. Archived from the original on 23 November 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2023.