The number of city, atoll, and island councillors to be elected in the upcoming local council elections is 653, the elections commission announced Saturday, significantly fewer...
The elections commission has decided to recognise a faction led by President Abdulla Yameen as the legitimate Progressive Party of Maldives over a rival faction led...
Five of the six registered political parties in the Maldives have united in condemning the elections commission’s refusal to disburse public funding
Citing leadership vacuums and complaints over reckless spending and mismanagement, the elections commission has withheld public funding for all political parties
The civil court has ruled against an MDP petition that sought to overturn the retroactive application of a requirement for fingerprinted forms for political party membership,...
Political party members whose fingerprints are not on file at the elections commission have until October 11 to submit their records under a new law
The MDP will field candidates for the upcoming local council elections in partnership with the new opposition coalition, the Maldives United Opposition. It also says it...
The Elections Commission had said earlier this month that it will "do what is necessary to introduce electronic voting." However, commission members and Home Minister Umar...
The main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party has urged the Elections Commission to consult with political parties over its plans to introduce electronic voting in the upcoming...
The main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party has expressed grave concern over the Election Commission’s plans to introduce electronic voting in the upcoming local council elections.
A ruling party MP has proposed changes to the Political Parties Act to make it compulsory for members of political parties to resubmit membership forms with...
The High Court issued today a stay order halting the Election Commission’s de-registration of tens of thousands of members from opposition parties.
The Elections Commission is preparing to celebrate 'Democracy Week' in February with a door-to-door campaign, debate, poster and essay competitions, quizzes, beach sports, and a family...
“We are trying to process the forms sent in December by the end of January. We will be deregistering any membership form without fingerprints after that,”...
The MDP said in a statement on Thursday that it is aiming to re-register more than 23,000 -nearly half of its 48,000 members - before the...
"They were fined because they had involved children in their protest and also for using the UN emblem against the regulations," Elections Commissioner Ahmed Akram told...
The EC had threatened to take action against the main opposition party over the use of the UN logo in the November 27 protest. The MDP...
