2019 Maldivian parliamentary election

2019 Maldivian parliamentary election
6 April 2019
All 87 seats in the People's Majlis
44 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
MDP Mohamed Nasheed 45.83 65 +39
JP Qasim Ibrahim 11.15 5 −10
PPM Abdulla Yameen 9.12 5 −28
PNC Abdul Raheem Abdulla 6.63 3 New
MDA Ahmed Siyam Mohamed 3.16 2 −3
Independents – 21.55 7 +2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Speaker before Speaker after
Qasim Ibrahim
JP		 Mohamed Nasheed
MDP

Parliamentary elections were held in the Maldives on 6 April 2019. The result was a landslide victory for the Maldivian Democratic Party, which won 65 of the 87 seats in the People's Majlis. This was the first time in Maldivian history that one party was able to secure a supermajority in parliament.

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