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1952 Maldivian presidential election
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1952 Maldives Old National Flag of the Maldives.svg presidential 1968 Maldivian presidential election 1968 Mohamed Amin.jpg Mohamed Amin Didi Rayyithunge Muthagaddim Party 96% President Mohamed Amin Didi Rayyithunge Muthagaddim Party
Presidential elections were held for the first time in the Maldives in 1952. They followed the approval of a new constitution in a referendum in March 1952, which had changed the country's system of governance from being a monarchy to a republic.
The result was a victory for Mohamed Amin Didi, who received almost 96% of the vote.Amir Hassan Islamism and Radicalism in the Maldives December 2011 27 December 2025 Naval Postgraduate School https://calhoun.nps.edu/bitstream/handle/10945/10724/11Dec_Amir.pdf?sequence=1 24 https://web.archive.org/web/20240618024348/https://calhoun.nps.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/ef545f56-9f20-4862-9670-b3457b9af492/content 18 June 2024 live Amin Didi subsequently became the country's first President.28 October 2008 Maldives votes in run-off presidential election http://www.maldivesinfo.gov.mv/home/files/bulletinx_det.php?id_news=1066 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20101023105811/http://www.maldivesinfo.gov.mv/home/files/bulletinx_det.php?id_news=1066 23 October 2010 Department of Information Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture 29 July 2014
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