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H.E. Ahmed Shareef,
Chairman, Elections Commission

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CoUNtrY ProfiLE LEgisLAtivE sYstEM

1. Official Name LEGISLATURE
Republic of the Maldives
1. Structure of National Legislature:
2. Government Unicameral
Presidential Republic
2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
3. Head of State Designation Majlis (People’s Council)
President Ibrahim Mohamed SOLIH
3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
4. Head of government Designation nominated
President Ibrahim Mohamed SOLIH In the People’s Council (Majlis) 87 members are
elected by plurality vote in single-member constit-
5. Capital uencies to serve 5-year terms.
Malé
4. Popular House
6. Currency Majlis
Rufiyaa (MVR)
5. Type of Electoral System
7. Ethnic Groups (with %age population) First-Past-The-Post System
Sinhalese, Dravidian, Arab, Australasian and Afri-
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8. Date of Independence ELECtorAL sYstEM
26 July 1965
(A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy
9. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution
After the second republic was declared, new Pres- 1. Name of the EMB(S)
ident ratified a new constitution on 11 November Elections Commission
1968 , last amended on 7 August 2008
2. Website Address
10. Language (s) www.elections.gov.mv
Dhivehi
3. Nature of EMB
11. Literacy Levels Independent
Total: 98.61%
4. No. of Members in EMB
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