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

Expected between polls close and 2023-10-08T10:00:00Z (UTC), confidence announced. Presidential Elections Act 12/2008 s.15 (official result announced and gazetted within 7 days of voting) and s.19(d). The Commission's round-1 result ((IUL)38-AC/38/2023/401, 12 Sep 2023) set polling for 30 Sep 2023 08:00-17:00 with counting 30 minutes after the close, and stated that the official result of the run-off was scheduled to be announced 'before 3:00 pm on Sunday 8 October 2023' ('2023 އޮކްޓޯބަރ 08 ވާ އާދީއްތަ ދުވަހުގެ މެންދުރުފަހު 3:00 ގެ ކުރިން'), i.e. 10:00 UTC, used as expectedBy. pollsCloseUtc is the close in the Maldives, 17:00 MVT (UTC+5) = 12:00 UTC; boxes abroad closed later, the last in London at 16:30 UTC (announcement (IUL)38-AC/38/2023/417). Actual: the Commission's official result, announcement (IUL)38-AC/38/2023/26, is dated 4 Oct 2023 (day 4) and was published in the Government Gazette on 4 Oct 2023 at 21:51; observedAt is that publication time, read as Maldives time (UTC+5) = 16:51 UTC. Disputes go to the Supreme Court (Constitution art. 113); no court confirms the result. The President took office on 17 Nov 2023.

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/).

Calendar › Maldives

Maldives runoff 2023

Name: Maldives runoff 2023
Start: 2023-09-30
Location: Maldives

Polling day Sat, 30 Sept 2023. Counted by Elections Commission of Maldives. Times are Maldives time; hover for UTC.

Held because no candidate received more than fifty percent of the valid votes in the first round of 9 Sep 2023 (Muizzu 46.06%, Solih 39.05%); the Commission's official round-1 result ((IUL)38-AC/38/2023/401) set the run-off between candidates 3 and 4 for 30 Sep 2023 under Constitution art. 111(a) and Presidential Elections Act s.19(a).

Final: 4 Oct 2023

Final result declared Wed 4 Oct, 21:51 Maldives time, published by the authority: gazette.gov.mv/iulaan/259779. The window was By 8 Oct 2023.

Polls close: Sat 30 Sept, 17:00
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	129,159	54.0%
Ibrahim Mohamed Solih	Maldivian Democratic Party	109,868	46.0%
Total votes		239,027

Turnout 87.3%: 246,915 ballots from 282,804 registered voters.

Official result of the run-off as announced by the Elections Commission, (IUL)38-AC/38/2023/26 of 4 Oct 2023: Dr. Mohamed Muizzu 129,159 (54.04%), Ibrahim Mohamed Solih 109,868 (45.96%); the notice declares Dr. Muizzu, the People's National Congress candidate, elected President. Names and party names are the Commission's English forms from its statistics portal (the Dhivehi notice gives the parties as 'ކޮންގްރެސް ޕާޓީ' and 'އެމް.ޑީ.ޕީ'). Rows add up to the 239,027 valid votes. Invalid 7,888; total votes 246,915 (= ballots); eligible voters 282,804; turnout 87.31% as stated. 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), 4 Oct 2023: gazette.gov.mv/iulaan/259779. Official publication of the Elections Commission of Maldives; no reuse terms stated.

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Presidential Elections Act 12/2008 s.15 (official result announced and gazetted within 7 days of voting) and s.19(d). The Commission's round-1 result ((IUL)38-AC/38/2023/401, 12 Sep 2023) set polling for 30 Sep 2023 08:00-17:00 with counting 30 minutes after the close, and stated that the official result of the run-off was scheduled to be announced 'before 3:00 pm on Sunday 8 October 2023' ('2023 އޮކްޓޯބަރ 08 ވާ އާދީއްތަ ދުވަހުގެ މެންދުރުފަހު 3:00 ގެ ކުރިން'), i.e. 10:00 UTC, used as expectedBy. pollsCloseUtc is the close in the Maldives, 17:00 MVT (UTC+5) = 12:00 UTC; boxes abroad closed later, the last in London at 16:30 UTC (announcement (IUL)38-AC/38/2023/417). Actual: the Commission's official result, announcement (IUL)38-AC/38/2023/26, is dated 4 Oct 2023 (day 4) and was published in the Government Gazette on 4 Oct 2023 at 21:51; observedAt is that publication time, read as Maldives time (UTC+5) = 16:51 UTC. Disputes go to the Supreme Court (Constitution art. 113); no court confirms the result. The President took office on 17 Nov 2023.
Observed 4 Oct 2023, 21:51

Results sources 8 pages, 0 can answer a results question

URL	Role	Kind	Can answer a results question	Last check
gazette.gov.mv/iulaan/259779	results-final	other	no (election page without a results marker)	not checked yet
stat.elections.gov.mv/Home/RI2023R2	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/258828	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 announcements (IUL)38-AC/38/2023/26 (gazette.gov.mv/iulaan/259779) and (IUL)38-AC/38/2023/401 (run-off date, hours and result deadline), and (IUL)38-AC/38/2023/417 (polling hours abroad), all in the Government Gazette; Elections Commission statistics portal and raw data RI2023R2.xlsx; results.elections.gov.mv dashboard; Presidential Elections Act 12/2008 ss.15, 19 (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 runoff 2023?: Polling day is 2023-09-30 (officially set). Held because no candidate received more than fifty percent of the valid votes in the first round of 9 Sep 2023 (Muizzu 46.06%, Solih 39.05%); the Commission's official round-1 result ((IUL)38-AC/38/2023/401) set the run-off between candidates 3 and 4 for 30 Sep 2023 under Constitution art. 111(a) and Presidential Elections Act s.19(a).
When will the final result of the President of the Republic race be official?: Expected between polls close and 2023-10-08T10:00:00Z (UTC), confidence announced. Presidential Elections Act 12/2008 s.15 (official result announced and gazetted within 7 days of voting) and s.19(d). The Commission's round-1 result ((IUL)38-AC/38/2023/401, 12 Sep 2023) set polling for 30 Sep 2023 08:00-17:00 with counting 30 minutes after the close, and stated that the official result of the run-off was scheduled to be announced 'before 3:00 pm on Sunday 8 October 2023' ('2023 އޮކްޓޯބަރ 08 ވާ އާދީއްތަ ދުވަހުގެ މެންދުރުފަހު 3:00 ގެ ކުރިން'), i.e. 10:00 UTC, used as expectedBy. pollsCloseUtc is the close in the Maldives, 17:00 MVT (UTC+5) = 12:00 UTC; boxes abroad closed later, the last in London at 16:30 UTC (announcement (IUL)38-AC/38/2023/417). Actual: the Commission's official result, announcement (IUL)38-AC/38/2023/26, is dated 4 Oct 2023 (day 4) and was published in the Government Gazette on 4 Oct 2023 at 21:51; observedAt is that publication time, read as Maldives time (UTC+5) = 16:51 UTC. Disputes go to the Supreme Court (Constitution art. 113); no court confirms the result. The President took office on 17 Nov 2023.
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/).