Parliamentary Elections 2024

Former President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih will arrive at Jamaluddin School to cast his ballot, at 10:30am.

His Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP)'s Chairperson, and former Economic Minister Fayyaz Ismail will arrive at Aminiya School to cast his ballot at 09:30am.

Former President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih will arrive at Jamaluddin School to cast his ballot, at 10:30am.

Voting is proceeding at Arabiyya School.

People queued up at Arabiyya School.

Voting at several queues across the Maldives began at 8am.

President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu will be arriving at Thaajudheen School to cast his ballot, at 8:30am.

His spouse, First Lady Sajidha Mohamed will arrive at Aminiya School to cast her ballot at 9:15am.

Individuals can check where their polling center is by sending an SMS to 1414 with "VR (space) ID CARD Number)"

Voting has begun at the polling station set up for Maradhoo Box 1, in Irushadhiyya School of Maradhoo island.

People have queued up at the polling booth in Kulhudhuffushi City in the north of Maldives.

Officials at the polling booth in Majeediyya School

People began queueing up at Majeediyya School early Sunday.

A total of 602 ballot boxes have been stationed for Sunday's polls, including 181 in Malé City, nine in Villimalé, 51 in Hulhumalé, 319 in outlying atolls, and 34 in resorts. Three ballot boxes have been placed in foreign countries and five in prison facilities.

A total of 284,337 are eligible to vote in Sunday's elections, including 139,165 women and 145,162 men.

A total of 93 seats will be elected during Sunday's polls and 368 candidates are competing, representing different political parties. Some of the contestants are also independent candidates.

EC has urged the public to visit their respective polling booths at the earliest, to cast their ballots.

Earlier, the commission revealed that the voting time will not be extended again.

All officials and equipment required to begin polling at stations, have been sent and officials are ready to open the queues.

People have begun queueing up in their respective polling stations.

EC revealed that the process of counting votes will begin 30 minutes after queues and polling stations close.

Chief Superintendent of Police Abdulla Shareef, who is acting as the operations commander of the parliamentary elections, revealed that police teams have been dispatched to all regions of the island nation.

If individuals are caught sharing their ballot papers with others or on social media during the elections, criminal investigations will be launched and they may face charges.

International observers began arriving in the Maldives on Friday, to observe the parliamentary elections 2024.

The Maldives Police Service (MPS) on Thursday launched an operation titled "Operation Blue Tide", launched to ensure the safety measures in place for the parliamentary polls.

Preparations for the polling booths to be set up in Malé City for parliamentary elections 2024, began in the early hours of Sunday.

The process of sending officials deployed at polling booths to the stations with the required materials, is underway.

The Elections Commission of Maldives (EC) revealed that voting will proceed in Maldives from 8am to 5:30pm.

In Trivandrum, India, polling will proceed from 8:30am to 6pm.

In Colombo, Sri Lanka, polling will proceed from 8:30am to 6pm and in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, polling will proceed from 11am to 8:30pm.