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Press release on the Preliminary Findings of the Pre-Election Legal Review
Transparency Maldives published a Pre-Election Legal Review on 29 March 2026 ahead of the 4 April 2026 concurrent Local Council Elections, Women's Development Committee Elections, and Constitutional Referendum on the Eighth Amendment. The review flags six shortcomings in the electoral framework, including referendum information deficits, ballot secrecy risks, and absent campaign finance rules, and issues recommendations to the Elections Commission, the Executive, and the People's Majlis.
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What happened
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Sat 4 AprThree concurrent electoral events: Local Council Elections, Women's Development Committee Elections, and a Constitutional Referendum on the…4 April 2026only Transparency MaldivesnewestOn 4 April 2026, the Republic of Maldives will conduct three concurrent electoral events: Local Council Elections, Women’s Development Committee Elections, and a Constitutional Referendum on the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution.
Word for word from the report in Transparency Maldives. Open the report
Sat 4 AprFirst nationwide referendum since 2007 and first under a statutory referendum framework4 April 2026only Transparency MaldivesThis is the first nationwide referendum in the Maldives since 2007, and the first ever nationwide referendum conducted under a statutory referendum framework.
Word for word from the report in Transparency Maldives. Open the report
How the reporting differs
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Press release on the Preliminary Findings of the Pre-Election Legal Review
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Figures in these reports
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1,233%overseas ballot box threshold increaseTransparency MaldivesThe ECM set a 2,000-voter threshold per country for overseas ballot boxes in the 2026 LCE and WDC elections, a 1,233% increase from the last LCE and WDC election.
Word for word from the report in Transparency Maldives. Open the report
588 votersvoters reassigned to H.Dh HanimaadhooTransparency MaldivesThe decree reassigned 588 voters to H.Dh Hanimaadhoo and removed its council from the ballot.
Word for word from the report in Transparency Maldives. Open the report
Other events named
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Presidential Decree No. 36/2025 abolished H.Dh Hirimaradhoo constituencyafter the ECM's Dhaaira Report, 2025H.Dh HirimaradhooTransparency MaldivesAdditional concerns arise from Presidential Decree No. 36/2025, issued after the ECM’s Dhaaira Report, which abolished H.Dh Hirimaradhoo constituency, without legislative process or an electoral challenge mechanism.
Word for word from the report in Transparency Maldives. Open the report