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Holding two elections together will ensure fairer representation: President

President Dr Mohamed Muizzu said holding the Presidential and Parliamentary elections on the same day would give political parties more equal representation in parliament. The Elections Commission is making final preparations for a referendum on the issue, to be held on Saturday alongside local council and Women's Development Committee elections.

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  1. Sat 28 Mar
    A referendum on holding the Presidential and Parliamentary elections on the same day is to be held alongside local council and Women's Deve… Saturday only The Edition Elections Commission is currently making final preparations for a referendum on the issue, scheduled to be held on Saturday alongside local council and Women's Development Committee elections.

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Who said what

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  • A government is elected to serve from day one, but in reality, that work is delayed

    President Dr Mohamed Muizzu The Edition Open the report (The Edition)

  • Based on these trends, if both elections are held on the same day, parliament is more likely to be composed of two or three parties with more equal representation

    President Dr Mohamed Muizzu The Edition Open the report (The Edition)

  • free and fair

    President Dr Mohamed Muizzu The Edition Open the report (The Edition)

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Figures in these reports

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  • 54 percent MDP vote share in 2008 presidential election The Edition including around 54 percent for the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) and 46 percent for the Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP) in 2008

    Word for word from the report in The Edition. Open the report

  • 46 percent DRP vote share in 2008 presidential election The Edition including around 54 percent for the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) and 46 percent for the Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP) in 2008

    Word for word from the report in The Edition. Open the report

  • about 53percent PPM vote share in 2013 presidential election The Edition about 53percent for the Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) in 2013

    Word for word from the report in The Edition. Open the report

  • 54 percent PPM vote share in 2018 presidential election The Edition 54 percent for PPM against 46 percent for MDP in 2018

    Word for word from the report in The Edition. Open the report

  • 46 percent MDP vote share in 2018 presidential election The Edition 54 percent for PPM against 46 percent for MDP in 2018

    Word for word from the report in The Edition. Open the report

  • around 80 of the 93 MPs Potential size of a parliamentary supermajority The Edition a parliamentary supermajority could reach around 80 of the 93 MPs.

    Word for word from the report in The Edition. Open the report

Named in these reports

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Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP)Elections CommissionMaldivian Democratic Party (MDP)Mohamed Muizzu PresidentMoosa Ali Jaleel PNC candidate for Male' City MayorPeople's National Congress (PNC)Progressive Party of MaldivesSangu TV