2014 Maldivian parliamentary election

none Maldives 2009 2019 22 March 2014 All 85 seats in the People's Majlis 43 77.92% Maldivian Democratic Party Mohamed Nasheed 26 26 40.79 Progressive Party of Maldives Maumoon Abdul Gayoom New 33 27.72 Jumhooree Party Qasim Ibrahim 1 15 13.56 Maldives Development Alliance Ahmed Siyam Mohamed New 5 4.04 Adhaalath Party Sheikh Imran Abdulla 0 1 2.66 Independents – 13 5 10.93 2014 maldives parliment election (1).svg Results by constituency 170px Speaker Abdulla Shahid Maldivian Democratic Party Abdulla Maseeh Mohamed PPM Parliamentary elections were held in the Maldives on 22 March 2014.Maldives - 2014 Election for Majlis https://www.electionguide.org/elections/id/2453/ 20 April 2024 IFES Election Guide The Progressive Party of Maldives and its allies won 53 seats. Background 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 The 85 seats in the People's Majlis were elected in single-member constituencies using the first-past-the-post system.Maldives - People's Majlis http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2199_B.htm 20 April 2024 Inter-Parliamentary Union The Majlis was expanded from 77 to 85 seats. Results File:2014 Maldives Parliament.svg Maldivian Democratic Party 75670 26 0 Progressive Party of Maldives 51424 33 New Jumhooree Party 25149 15 +14 Maldives Development Alliance 7496 5 New Adhaalath Party 4941 1 +1 Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party 549 0 –28 Independents 20276 5 –8 2011 +8 240652 IFES References Category:Elections in the Maldives Maldives Parliamentary Maldives