When is the Maldives presidential election 2023?

Polling day is 2023-09-09 (officially set).

When will the final result of the President of the Republic race be official?

Expected between polls close and 2023-09-16T18:59:59Z (UTC), confidence announced. Presidential Elections Act 12/2008 s.15: 'Within seven (7) days of the voting day of the presidential elections, the official results of the voting shall be publicly announced by the Elections Commission and published in the government gazette' (also Elections (General) Act s.61), i.e. by 16 Sep 2023 for the 9 Sep vote; the window closes at the end of that day, Maldives time. pollsCloseUtc is the close in the Maldives, 16:00 MVT (UTC+5) = 11:00 UTC (EC statistics portal, 'Polling Hour 0800 - 1600'); boxes abroad closed later, the last in London at 15:30 UTC (announcement (IUL)38-AC/38/2023/377). Actual: the Commission's official result, announcement (IUL)38-AC/38/2023/401 'ރިޔާސީ އިންތިޚާބުގެ ރަސްމީ ނަތީޖާ', is dated 12 Sep 2023 (day 3) and was published in the Government Gazette on 12 Sep 2023 at 18:34; observedAt is that publication time, read as Maldives time (UTC+5) = 13:34 UTC. The announcement states that no candidate received more than 50% of valid votes and that a second round follows (Constitution art. 111(a)). Disputes go to the Supreme Court (Constitution art. 113); no court confirms the result.

Where are the official President of the Republic results?

No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Elections Commission of Maldives (https://www.elections.gov.mv/).

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Maldives presidential election 2023

Name: Maldives presidential election 2023
Start: 2023-09-09
Location: Maldives

Polling day Sat, 9 Sept 2023. Counted by Elections Commission of Maldives. Times are Maldives time; hover for UTC.

Final: 12 Sept 2023

Final result declared Tue 12 Sept, 18:34 Maldives time, published by the authority: gazette.gov.mv/iulaan/257345. The window was By 16 Sept 2023.

Polls close: Sat 9 Sept, 16:00
Counted by: Elections Commission of Maldives
Results page: No single-election results page yet.
Authority site: elections.gov.mv

Result and count stages

Final count

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Dr. Mohamed Muizzu	Peoples National Congress	101,635	46.1%
Ibrahim Mohamed Solih	Maldivian Democratic Party	86,161	39.0%
Ilyas Labeeb	The Democrats	15,839	7.2%
Umar Naseer	Independent	6,343	2.9%
Qasim Ibrahim	Jumhoory Party	5,460	2.5%
Ahmed Faris Maumoon	Independent	2,979	1.4%
Mohamed Nazim	Maldives National Party	1,907	0.9%
Uz. Hassan Zameel	Independent	327	0.1%
Total votes		220,651

Turnout 79.8%: 225,486 ballots from 282,395 registered voters.

Official result of round 1 as announced by the Elections Commission, (IUL)38-AC/38/2023/401 of 12 Sep 2023. The gazetted notice is in Dhivehi; candidate names and party names are the Commission's own English forms from its statistics portal (stat.elections.gov.mv/Home/RI2023R1), without the nicknames the results dashboard adds ('(ibu)', '(illi)', '(colonel Nazim)'); the notice gives Dr. Muizzu's party as 'ކޮންގްރެސް ޕާޓީ' (Congress Party) and Ilyas Labeeb's as 'ދަ ޑިމޮކްރެޓްސް'. All 8 candidates listed; rows add up to the 220,651 valid votes. Invalid 4,835; total votes 225,486 (= ballots); eligible voters 282,395; turnout 79.85% as stated. 'winner' marks the most votes: no candidate had a majority, so nobody was elected in this round; Dr. Mohamed Muizzu and Ibrahim Mohamed Solih went to the 30 Sep 2023 run-off (maldives-presidential-2023-r2). Licence: the notice is the Elections Commission's own announcement in the Government Gazette (gazette.gov.mv, 'Public announcements', posted by the issuing office itself since 15 Jan 2017 per gazette.gov.mv/about). Neither gazette.gov.mv nor elections.gov.mv / stat.elections.gov.mv states reuse terms; the pages carry only bare copyright lines ('© ދިވެހި ސަރުކާރުގެ ގެޒެޓް 2013 - 2026'; 'Copyright © 2026 Elections Commission'), with no terms page (elections.gov.mv/en/terms 404 on 3 Oct 2026). Published by Elections Commission of Maldives (official result, Government Gazette), 12 Sept 2023: gazette.gov.mv/iulaan/257345. Official publication of the Elections Commission of Maldives; no reuse terms stated.

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by 16 SeptFinal result: by Sat 16 Sept, 23:59, announced. Published Tue 12 Sept, 18:34.

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Presidential Elections Act 12/2008 s.15: 'Within seven (7) days of the voting day of the presidential elections, the official results of the voting shall be publicly announced by the Elections Commission and published in the government gazette' (also Elections (General) Act s.61), i.e. by 16 Sep 2023 for the 9 Sep vote; the window closes at the end of that day, Maldives time. pollsCloseUtc is the close in the Maldives, 16:00 MVT (UTC+5) = 11:00 UTC (EC statistics portal, 'Polling Hour 0800 - 1600'); boxes abroad closed later, the last in London at 15:30 UTC (announcement (IUL)38-AC/38/2023/377). Actual: the Commission's official result, announcement (IUL)38-AC/38/2023/401 'ރިޔާސީ އިންތިޚާބުގެ ރަސްމީ ނަތީޖާ', is dated 12 Sep 2023 (day 3) and was published in the Government Gazette on 12 Sep 2023 at 18:34; observedAt is that publication time, read as Maldives time (UTC+5) = 13:34 UTC. The announcement states that no candidate received more than 50% of valid votes and that a second round follows (Constitution art. 111(a)). Disputes go to the Supreme Court (Constitution art. 113); no court confirms the result.
Observed 12 Sept 2023, 18:34

Results sources 8 pages, 0 can answer a results question

URL	Role	Kind	Can answer a results question	Last check
gazette.gov.mv/iulaan/257345	results-final	other	no (election page without a results marker)	not checked yet
stat.elections.gov.mv/Home/RI2023R1	results-final	other	no (election page without a results marker)	not checked yet
results.elections.gov.mv/Results/SpecificElection	see-also	results index	no (results section without an election code)	not checked yet
gazette.gov.mv/iulaan/253705	timetable	other	no (election page without a results marker)	not checked yet
elections.gov.mv/uploads/Presidential%20Elections%20Act-Consolidated%20Translation-003ce9bece3f1caee3f1.pdf	timetable	other	no (no election or results marker)	not checked yet
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Maldivian_presidential_election	see-also	other	no (election page without a results marker)	not checked yet
results.elections.gov.mv	results-index	results index	no (results host, but its root lists many elections)	not checked yet
elections.gov.mv	authority-home	emb home	no (site root: cannot answer a results question)	not checked yet

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Provenance: researcher agent 2026-10-03: Elections Commission official-result announcement (IUL)38-AC/38/2023/401 in the Government Gazette (gazette.gov.mv/iulaan/257345) and announcement (IUL)38-AC/38/2023/377 (polling hours abroad); Elections Commission statistics portal and raw data RI2023R1.xlsx; results.elections.gov.mv dashboard; Presidential Elections Act 12/2008 s.15 (CC BY 4.0 (Election Index); vote counts Official publication of the Elections Commission of Maldives; no reuse terms stated). Last verified 2026-10-03.

Questions and answers

When is the Maldives presidential election 2023?: Polling day is 2023-09-09 (officially set).
When will the final result of the President of the Republic race be official?: Expected between polls close and 2023-09-16T18:59:59Z (UTC), confidence announced. Presidential Elections Act 12/2008 s.15: 'Within seven (7) days of the voting day of the presidential elections, the official results of the voting shall be publicly announced by the Elections Commission and published in the government gazette' (also Elections (General) Act s.61), i.e. by 16 Sep 2023 for the 9 Sep vote; the window closes at the end of that day, Maldives time. pollsCloseUtc is the close in the Maldives, 16:00 MVT (UTC+5) = 11:00 UTC (EC statistics portal, 'Polling Hour 0800 - 1600'); boxes abroad closed later, the last in London at 15:30 UTC (announcement (IUL)38-AC/38/2023/377). Actual: the Commission's official result, announcement (IUL)38-AC/38/2023/401 'ރިޔާސީ އިންތިޚާބުގެ ރަސްމީ ނަތީޖާ', is dated 12 Sep 2023 (day 3) and was published in the Government Gazette on 12 Sep 2023 at 18:34; observedAt is that publication time, read as Maldives time (UTC+5) = 13:34 UTC. The announcement states that no candidate received more than 50% of valid votes and that a second round follows (Constitution art. 111(a)). Disputes go to the Supreme Court (Constitution art. 113); no court confirms the result.
Where are the official President of the Republic results?: No single-election results page is recorded yet. The counting authority is Elections Commission of Maldives (https://www.elections.gov.mv/).