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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] [2]
| Year | # | Candidate | Party | Running mate | Votes | Result | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | — | Mohamed Amin Didi | RMP | Ibrahim Mohamed | Unknown | Won | [3] | |
| 1968 | — | Ibrahim Nasir | IND | Abdul Sattar Moosa | Unknown | Won | [2] | |
| 1973 | Ibrahim Shihab | Unknown | Won | [2] | ||||
| 1978 | — | Maumoon Abdul Gayoom | IND | Vacant; No Vice president | Unknown | Won | [4] | |
| 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 | [5] | |
| 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 | [6] | |
| 2 | Mohamed Waheed Hassan | GIP | Hassan Saeed | 48,131 | 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 | [7] [8] | |
| 2 | Ibrahim Mohamed Solih | MDP | Faisal Naseem | 134,705 | Won | |||
| 2023 | 1 | Umar Naseer | IND | Maaz Saleem | 6,343 | Lost | [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 | |||
The history of the Maldives is intertwined with the history of the broader Indian subcontinent and the surrounding regions, comprising the areas of South Asia and Indian Ocean; and the modern nation consisting of 26 natural atolls, comprising 1194 islands. Historically, the Maldives held a strategic importance due to its location on the major marine routes of the Indian Ocean. The Maldives' nearest neighbours are the British Indian Ocean Territory, Sri Lanka and India. The United Kingdom, Sri Lanka and some Indian kingdoms have had cultural and economic ties with the Maldives for centuries. In addition to these countries, Maldivians also traded with Aceh and many other kingdoms in, what is today, Indonesia and Malaysia. The Maldives provided the main source of cowrie shells, then used as a currency throughout Asia and parts of the East African coast. Most probably Maldives were influenced by Kalingas of ancient India who were earliest sea traders to Sri Lanka and the Maldives from India and were responsible for the spread of Buddhism. Stashes of Chinese crockery found buried in various locations in the Maldives also show that there was direct or indirect trade contact between China and the Maldives. In 1411 and 1430, the Chinese admiral Zheng He 鄭和 visited the Maldives. The Chinese also became the first country to establish a diplomatic office in the Maldives, when the Chinese nationalist government based in Taipei opened an embassy in Malé in 1966. This office has since been replaced by the embassy of the People's Republic of China.
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