{"iso":"MV","name":"Maldives","flag":"\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfb","vote":"People's Majlis vote \u00b7 baseline forecast","model":"baseline","updated":"2024-04-21","source":"2024 election result, official count","credit":"Shows the April 2024 People's Majlis vote, official results as published by the Elections Commission of Maldives. President Muizzu's People's National Congress won a constitution-amending supermajority amid opposition allegations of vote buying, though the administration of the vote itself was orderly. The next parliamentary election is due in 2029 and a presidential election in 2028.","shares":{"PNC":47.5,"MDP":30.7,"IND":14.5,"DEM":2.2,"MDA":1.9,"JP":1.5},"polls":[],"parties":{"PNC":{"name":"People's National Congress","color":"#2DD6C1"},"MDP":{"name":"Maldivian Democratic Party","color":"#FFCC33"},"DEM":{"name":"The Democrats","color":"#89CFF0"},"MDA":{"name":"Maldives Development Alliance","color":"#DB5702"},"JP":{"name":"Jumhooree Party","color":"#DC143C"},"IND":{"name":"Independents","color":"#888888"}},"primer":{"system":"Presidential republic","head_of_state":"President Mohamed Muizzu (head of state and government)","head_of_government":"President Mohamed Muizzu","legislature":"People's Majlis, unicameral, 93 members serving five-year terms.","electoral_system":"Members are elected by first-past-the-post in single-member constituencies. The president is directly elected by two-round majority vote.","government_now":"The PNC won 66 seats in April 2024, later padded as independents joined, giving Muizzu a supermajority able to amend the constitution.","context":"Muizzu won the presidency in 2023 on a pledge to remove Indian military personnel and has tilted toward China. The opposition MDP, dominant in the previous Majlis, lost its strongholds including Male.","sources":"Cross-checked against the English-language MediaWiki encyclopedic record via its public API, 2 July 2026."},"parties_info":{"PNC":["People's National Congress","","Pro-China party of President Mohamed Muizzu; won a 2024 supermajority (66 seats, later padded by independents) and governs."],"MDP":["Maldivian Democratic Party","","Centre-left, pro-India liberal party of ex-presidents Nasheed and Solih; dominant in the previous Majlis, now the main opposition (12 seats)."],"DEM":["The Democrats","","MDP breakaway aligned with Mohamed Nasheed; won no seats."],"MDA":["Maldives Development Alliance","","Business-friendly party allied to Muizzu; 2 seats."],"JP":["Jumhooree Party","Republican Party","Centrist vehicle of tycoon Qasim Ibrahim; 1 seat."],"IND":["Independents","","Non-party candidates, many backing the government; 11 seats, several later joining the PNC."]},"seats_now":{"chamber":"People's Majlis","as_of":"2024 election","total":93,"seats":{"PNC":66,"MDP":12,"IND":11,"MDA":2,"JP":1,"DEM":0}},"has_geo":true,"geo_meta":{"kind":"admin1","source":"Natural Earth 10m admin-1 states/provinces (nvkelso/natural-earth-vector), retrieved 2026-07-02","note":"Region set and any internationally-disputed territories follow the Natural Earth source dataset. Far overseas/outlying territories may fall outside the primary map frame."},"next_election":{"date":"2029","title":"Maldivian parliamentary election","chamber":"People's Majlis","type":"expected"}}