Maldives
○ Presidential Election
- Term of office: 5 years
○ Parliamentary Elections
- Seats: 87
- Term of office: 5 years
○ Election system
· Number of polling stations: 602
- Opening and closing time of polling stations
- 8 am and 4 pm respectively
· Number of registered voters: 284,663 (2024 parliamentary elections)
· Voter turnout: 81.32% (2019 parliamentary elections)
· Voting age: 18
- Presidential: Absolute majority vote through a two-round system.
- Parliamentary: Plurality vote in single-member constituencies.
· Voting process
1. Campaign Activities
2. Cast Ballots
· Counting process
1. Designated officials count manually, total the votes and announce results for their ballot box.
2. Preliminary results first are announced in each polling area, and then communicated to the Election Commission through an electronic tablet.
3. After the preliminary count, the results are sent to the main counting center in Male.
· Time to take to announce voting results in the country: Within seven days of Election Day