2014 Maldivian parliamentary election

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2014 Maldivian parliamentary election
Maldives
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All 85 seats in the People's Majlis
43 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader % Seats +/–
MDP Mohamed Nasheed 40.79 26 0
PPM Maumoon Abdul Gayoom 27.72 33 New
JP Qasim Ibrahim 13.56 15 +14
MDA Ahmed Shiyam Mohamad 4.04 5 New
AP Sheikh Imran Abdulla 2.66 1 +1
Independents 10.93 5 −8
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Speaker before Speaker of People's Majlis
Abdulla Shahid
MDP
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[edit]

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 Chairman 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[edit]

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[edit]

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26
15
33
1
5
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Maldivian Democratic Party75,67040.79260
Progressive Party of Maldives51,42427.7233New
Jumhooree Party25,14913.5615+14
Maldives Development Alliance7,4964.045New
Adhaalath Party4,9412.661+1
Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party5490.300–28
Independents20,27610.935–8
Total185,505100.0085+8
Valid votes185,50598.93
Invalid/blank votes2,0111.07
Total votes187,516100.00
Registered voters/turnout240,65277.92
Source: IFES

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