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Elections Commission (Maldives)
The Elections Commission (, EC or ECM) is a commission set up to conduct, manage, supervise, and facilitate all elections and public referendums, to ensure the proper exercise of the right to vote, and to ensure that all elections and public referendums are conducted freely and fairly, without intimidation, aggression, undue influence or corruption and to prepare, maintain, and update electoral rolls, and to make all arrangements for holding elections and public referendums. History The Elections Commission was established on 7 August 2008 in accordance with the Constitution of the Maldives as an independent and impartial institution to conduct and supervise all state elections and public referendums as well as to monitor the regulatory framework pertaining to the functioning of political parties. Under the Elections Commission Act (2008) 5 members are appointed by the president for a 5-year term with approval by People’s Majlis. Prior to the establishment of the Elections Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henveiru
Henveiru () is a district of Malé, Maldives. It is located to the east of Malé Island, and has an estimated area of 59 hectares and 34,012 inhabitants according to the 2022 Census. Location within Malé City Henveiru is on the eastern portion of Malé Island: Notable Places * Artificial Beach * Henveiru Sahara (Cemetery) * Henveiru Stadium * Hukuru Miskiy (Friday Mosque) * Islamic Centre * King Salman Mosque * Lonuziyaaraiy Park * Maldives Police Service The Maldives Police Service () is the civilian national police force of the Republic of Maldives. It is responsible for enforcing criminal and traffic law, enhancing public safety, maintaining order and keeping the peace throughout Maldives. T ... * Muliaage * People’s Majlis * President’s Office * Republic Square * Sinamalé Bridge * Victory Monument References Populated places in the Maldives {{coord missing, Maldives ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People’s Majlis
The People's Majlis () is the unicameral legislative body of Maldives. It has the authority to enact, amend and revise laws, as outlined in the Constitution of the Maldives. It is composed of 93 members as of 2024. Each year on the first Monday or Thursday of February, the Majlis is opened by the President of the Maldives. During the opening of ceremony, the president outlines his policies and achievements in his presidential term. The annual state budget is decided here. Its working language is Dhivehi. Etymology ''Majlis'' is the Arabic word for a sitting room. It can also refer to a legislature, and is used in the names of legislative councils and assemblies in some states of the Islamic world. History A council was set up by Sultan Muhammad Shamsuddeen III to draft the Constitution of the Maldives on 9 March 1931. The council completed and implemented the constitution on 22 December 1932. This constitution was the basis for the formation, of the first ever Majlis of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Election Commissions
An election is a formal group decision-making process whereby a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operated since the 17th century. Elections may fill offices in the legislature, sometimes in the executive and judiciary, and for regional and local government. This process is also used in many other private and business organizations, from clubs to voluntary association and corporations. The global use of elections as a tool for selecting representatives in modern representative democracies is in contrast with the practice in the democratic archetype, ancient Athens, where the elections were considered an oligarchic institution and most political offices were filled using sortition, also known as allotment, by which officeholders were chosen by lot. Electoral reform describes the process of introducing fair electoral systems where they are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of The Maldives
The politics of the Maldives take place in the framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President is the Head of Government. Executive power is exercised by the government. The President heads the executive branch and appoints the Cabinet; like many presidential democracies, each member of the cabinet need to be approved by the Parliament. The President, along with their pick for vice-president, is directly elected by the denizens to a five-year term by a secret ballot. Once in office, they could be re-elected to a second 5-year term, which is the limit allowed by the Constitution. The current President of the Maldives is Mohamed Muizzu, when his predecessor, Ibrahim Mohamed Solih lost the 2023 Maldivian presidential election. The unicameral Majlis of the Maldives is composed of 93 members serving a five-year term. The total number of the members representing each constituency depends on the total population of that constituency. The last ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elections In The Maldives
Maldives elects on national level a head of state, the president, and a legislature. The president is elected directly for a five-year term by the people. Its parliament, the Majlis, has 93 members. All members are elected directly for a term of five years from 93 single-member constituencies. In the 2023 presidential elections, Muizzu emerged victorious over his opponent, Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. Latest elections 2023 presidential election 2024 parliamentary election See also * Electoral calendar * Electoral system An electoral or voting system is a set of rules used to determine the results of an election. Electoral systems are used in politics to elect governments, while non-political elections may take place in business, nonprofit organizations and inf ... References External linksAdam Carr's Election Archive [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Maldivian Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in the Maldives on 9 May 2009. Background Political parties in the Maldives were legalised on 2 June 2005 after a unanimous vote in the Majlis which allowed a multi-party system to contest presidential and parliamentary elections after 30 years of autocratic rule by Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. On 28 October 2008, Mohamed Nasheed, leader of the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) defeated Gayoom in the country's democratic presidential elections. Following the election, Nasheed and Mohamed Waheed Hassan were sworn in as the President and Vice President on 11 November in a special session of the Majlis at the Dharubaaruge. Electoral system On 10 February 2009, the Majlis voted 36–0 (with one abstention) to pass the Parliamentary Constituencies Bill, which Nasheed signed into law later that day. It was the first act he signed as president after being inaugurated in November 2008. In the law, each administrative atoll's population determines how many electo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2008 Maldivian Presidential Election
Maldivian presidential elections, Presidential elections were held in the Maldives on 8 and 23 October 2008, the first democratic elections in the country. As no candidate won a majority in the first round, a Two-round system, runoff was held on 28 October between the two candidates among the contestants who received the most votes, incumbent president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and Mohamed Nasheed, who received the second most votes after Gayoom in the first round. Nasheed was elected to the office after winning a majority in the runoff, unseating incumbent president Gayoom who held the office for six terms, lasting three decades. Background The election was initially planned to be held on 4 October, but had to be delayed after the Majlis of the Maldives, Majlis (national assembly) did not pass necessary reforms on time. The incumbent, President Gayoom, in power since 1978, ran for another five-year term. According to the new Constitution of the Maldives, Constitution, which came i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Homeland Security And Technology (Maldives)
The Ministry of Homeland Security & Technology, formerly known as the Ministry of Home Affairs is part of the Maldivian Executive branch responsible for maintaining law and order in the Maldives at the national level. It was introduced in 1932 after the Maldivian independence under president Ibrahim Nasir, the second president of Maldives. History Ever since the first constitution came into effect, a Ministry of Home Affairs was instituted on 22 December 1932 under the name of "Al Wuzara Al’Dhaakhiliyya" which was mandated to oversee and execute the internal affairs of the country. Since its inception, it's been under the jurisdiction of the Al Wuzara Al’ Dhakhiliyya (The President's Office). Agencies Maldives Police Service Maldives Police Service was first introduced to Maldives under a law established on 29 March 1993 under president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. The military was incharge to keep law and order before the establishment of the police department. The first po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The President's Office
The President's Office (, abbreviation: PO) is the office of the President of the Maldives. It was established on 11 November 1968 with the adoption of the Second Republic in 1968. The President's Office administer functions and activities to facilitate the President exercising Executive authority as provided for in the Constitution and law. Offices Cabinet Office The Cabinet Office was established firstly to coordinate the activities of the cabinet and to provide technical advice and secretarial support to the cabinet, secondly to provide all the necessary information and assistance to the President if and when the President is held answerable and accountable to the People's Majlis and to assist the President in carrying out his responsibilities with regard to elections, public referendums, protection of the constitution and with regard to his role as Head of State and Head of Government. Finally it is to carryout the functions of establishing and abolishing government ministri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malé
Malé is the capital and most populous city of the Maldives. With a population of 211,908 in 2022 within its administrative area and coterminous geographical area of , Malé is one of the most densely populated cities in the world. The city is geographically located in the southern edge of North Malé Atoll ( Kaafu Atoll). Administratively, the city consists of a central island, an airport island, and five other islands presided over by the Malé City Council. Traditionally it was the King's Island, from where the ancient royal dynasties ruled and where the palace was located. The city was then called ''Mahal''. Formerly it was a walled city surrounded by fortifications and gates (''doroshi''). The Royal Palace (''Gan'duvaru'') was destroyed along with the picturesque forts (''koshi'') and bastions (''buruzu'') when the city was remodelled under President Ibrahim Nasir's rule in the aftermath of the abolition of the monarchy in 1968. However, some buildings remained, namely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Political Parties In The Maldives
Political parties in the Maldives were legalized when the Maldivian parliament voted unanimously for the creation of a multi-party system on 2 June 2005. This came after decades of authoritarian rule. Prior to this ruling, political parties had not been not allowed under the Maldivian legal system. Current list Parliamentary Extra-parliamentary Dissolved parties Political Party Bill On March 12, 2013, President Waheed ratified a new 'Political Party Bill', replacing the guidelines established in 2005, when a multi-party system was created in the country. The bill saw the raising of the minimum number of members required to register a political party from 3000 to 10,000. With the ratification of the bill, all political parties which did not have 10,000 members registered were dissolved. The following is a list of parties dissolved under the new law: First republic The First Republic of the Maldives had only one party, the Rayyithunge Muthagaddim Party which lasted for 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constitution Of The Maldives
The Constitution of the Maldives () is the supreme law of the country of Maldives. It provides the legal foundation for the existence of the Republic of Maldives, sets out the rights and duties of the citizens of the Maldives, and defines the structure of the Government of the Maldives. The current Constitution of the Maldives was ratified by the then president, Maumoon Abdul Gayyoom, on 7 August 2008, and came into effect immediately, replacing and repealing the Constitution of 1998. The current constitution is known by its short title, ''Constitution of the Republic of Maldives, 2008.'' History The first written Constitution of the Maldives was codified in the early twentieth century, on 22 December 1932 during the thirtieth year of the reign of Sultan Muhammad Shamsuddeen Iskander III. A thirteen-member committee began work on drafting the constitution on 22 March 1931. The acting Governor of Ceylon Bernard Henry Bourdillon provided technical expertise in its compositi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
