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The election of the president and the vice president of the Maldives is presidential elections that determine who will serve as the President of the Maldives for the next 5 years (previously four terms in 1968).[1]
The presidential elections has taken place thirteen times; 1952, 1968, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018, 2023. Out of the 13 elections, the 2008 election was the first democratic elections of the country and after 2008, all elections were democratic.[2] The next presidential election is scheduled for 2028.
The Constitution of the Maldives lays out the requirements for presidential candidates:[3][4]
Candidates can be nominated by a political party or run as independent.
Political parties hold primaries. In these primaries, the members of the party, supporters participate in voting to determine who will represent the party in the Presidential Election.[5]
The president is elected by a direct vote. If no candidate receives more than 50% of a vote in the first round, the two candidates with the most votes head to a run-off which are mandated to be less than 21 days before the first round. The candidate who receives the highest in the second round is then elected as president.[6]
These dates are corresponding the 2023 election:
