When is the Maldives presidential election 2028?

Polling day is 2028-10-18, not yet officially confirmed.

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

Expected between 2028-10-19T19:00:00Z and 2028-10-27T18:59:59Z (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' (same rule in Elections (General) Act s.61), i.e. by 25 Oct 2028 for an 18 Oct vote. s.18(b): if a candidate has over 50% of the valid votes, the Commission announces with the official result that the candidate is elected; otherwise the runoff follows (s.19). Precedent: the 2023 runoff (30 Sep) official result was announced at a Commission press conference on the night of Wed 4 Oct 2023, day 4, unchanged from the provisional figures (Sun, see.mv/85106; RaajjeTV 5 Oct 2023, raajje.mv/143023); the 2024 Majlis official results were posted on 25 Apr 2024, day 4 (elections.gov.mv/announcements/123 ff.). The date of the 2023 round-1 official announcement was not found. The opening (start of day 2, local) is an ESTIMATED floor; the window closes at the end of 27 Oct 2028, Maldives time, two days past the statutory deadline. Disputes about a presidential election go to the Supreme Court, which has 'sole and final jurisdiction' (Constitution art. 113); petitions against results otherwise lie to the High Court within 14 days of the official result, judgment within 30 days (Elections (General) Act ss.64-65). No court confirms the result, so there is no court-validation stage.

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 2028

Name: Maldives presidential election 2028
Start: 2028-10-18
Location: Maldives

Polling day Wed, 18 Oct 2028 Date not yet official. Counted by Elections Commission of Maldives. Times are Maldives time; hover for UTC.

20–27 Oct 2028

Final result window, set by the law or the authority. Treat as final after Fri 27 Oct, 23:59 Maldives time.

Polls close: Wed 18 Oct, 17:30
First count by: Thu 19 Oct, 23:59
Counted by: Elections Commission of Maldives
Results page: No single-election results page yet.
Authority site: elections.gov.mv

Count stages

19 Oct26 Oct

Election-night count

18–19 OctElection-night count: Wed 18 Oct, 17:30 → Thu 19 Oct, 23:59, precedent.

Final result

20–27 OctFinal result: Fri 20 Oct, 00:00 → Fri 27 Oct, 23:59, announced.

announced set by law or the authorityprecedent from the last electionestimate our estimateMaldives time. Polls close in 747 days.

Stage windows and their sources 2 stages, each cited

Election-night count
Wed 18 Oct, 17:30 → Thu 19 Oct, 23:59
precedent

Polling hours are not in the law: the Elections Commission sets the voting day, the general closing time and the start of the count (Elections (General) Act 11/2008 s.43). 2023 round 1 ran 08:00-16:00 and round 2 08:00-17:00 (Commission press conference reported by RaajjeTV, raajje.mv/141962); the 2024 Majlis election ran 08:00-17:30 after the Commission extended the close by 1 h 30 min (announcement (IUL)38-AC/38/2024/253, elections.gov.mv/announcements/107), with the stations in India, Sri Lanka and Malaysia also closing at 12:30 UTC. pollsCloseUtc assumes 17:30 Maldives time (UTC+5, no DST) = 12:30 UTC, an ESTIMATE until the Commission announces the hours. Counting is done at each ballot box after the close; box results are announced there and sent to Male', and the Commission then announces box results and provisional results (s.57, s.60). The Commission's results dashboard fills box by box on the night. 2023 precedent: provisional round-1 figures were reported the morning after the 9 Sep vote (RaajjeTV, 10 Sep 2023, raajje.mv/141836); 2024 Majlis: the Commission's provisional-results announcement is dated 22 Apr 2024, the day after polling (elections.gov.mv/announcements/116). The window closes at the end of the day after polling, Maldives time. Provisional, not the official result.
Replaced on the live page by the final result from Fri 27 Oct, 23:59.
Final result
Fri 20 Oct, 00:00 → Fri 27 Oct, 23:59
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' (same rule in Elections (General) Act s.61), i.e. by 25 Oct 2028 for an 18 Oct vote. s.18(b): if a candidate has over 50% of the valid votes, the Commission announces with the official result that the candidate is elected; otherwise the runoff follows (s.19). Precedent: the 2023 runoff (30 Sep) official result was announced at a Commission press conference on the night of Wed 4 Oct 2023, day 4, unchanged from the provisional figures (Sun, see.mv/85106; RaajjeTV 5 Oct 2023, raajje.mv/143023); the 2024 Majlis official results were posted on 25 Apr 2024, day 4 (elections.gov.mv/announcements/123 ff.). The date of the 2023 round-1 official announcement was not found. The opening (start of day 2, local) is an ESTIMATED floor; the window closes at the end of 27 Oct 2028, Maldives time, two days past the statutory deadline. Disputes about a presidential election go to the Supreme Court, which has 'sole and final jurisdiction' (Constitution art. 113); petitions against results otherwise lie to the High Court within 14 days of the official result, judgment within 30 days (Elections (General) Act ss.64-65). No court confirms the result, so there is no court-validation stage.

Results sources 7 pages, 0 can answer a results question

URL	Role	Kind	Can answer a results question	Last check
results.elections.gov.mv	results-live	results index	no (results host, but its root lists many elections)	not checked yet
elections.gov.mv/en/elections/presidential	timetable	other	no (no election or results marker)	not checked yet
icnl.org/wp-content/uploads/Maldives_constmal.pdf	timetable	other	no (no election or 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
elections.gov.mv/uploads/Elections%20(General)%20Act%20-%20Consolidated%20_28082023-70f54cd28fc6b518e998.pdf	timetable	other	no (election page without a results marker)	not checked yet
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2028_Maldivian_presidential_election	see-also	other	no (election page without a results marker)	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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Global Election Index, “Maldives presidential election 2028”, https://electionindex.org/election/maldives-presidential-2028, dataset 2026-10-02.be7d6f40. CC BY 4.0.

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Provenance: researcher agent 2026-10-02: Constitution of Maldives 2008 arts. 107, 110, 111, 113 (functional English translation, ICNL copy); Presidential Elections Act 12/2008 ss.5, 6, 15, 18, 19 and Elections (General) Act 11/2008 ss.43, 57, 60, 61, 64, 65 (Elections Commission consolidated translations, elections.gov.mv/en/laws); Elections Commission election pages, announcements 107, 116, 123, 850 and results.elections.gov.mv dashboards; Ministry of Foreign Affairs news of 17 Nov 2023 (inauguration); RaajjeTV and Sun reports of Sep-Oct 2023 (CC BY 4.0 (Election Index)). Last verified 2026-10-02.

Questions and answers

When is the Maldives presidential election 2028?: Polling day is 2028-10-18, not yet officially confirmed.
When will the final result of the President of the Republic race be official?: Expected between 2028-10-19T19:00:00Z and 2028-10-27T18:59:59Z (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' (same rule in Elections (General) Act s.61), i.e. by 25 Oct 2028 for an 18 Oct vote. s.18(b): if a candidate has over 50% of the valid votes, the Commission announces with the official result that the candidate is elected; otherwise the runoff follows (s.19). Precedent: the 2023 runoff (30 Sep) official result was announced at a Commission press conference on the night of Wed 4 Oct 2023, day 4, unchanged from the provisional figures (Sun, see.mv/85106; RaajjeTV 5 Oct 2023, raajje.mv/143023); the 2024 Majlis official results were posted on 25 Apr 2024, day 4 (elections.gov.mv/announcements/123 ff.). The date of the 2023 round-1 official announcement was not found. The opening (start of day 2, local) is an ESTIMATED floor; the window closes at the end of 27 Oct 2028, Maldives time, two days past the statutory deadline. Disputes about a presidential election go to the Supreme Court, which has 'sole and final jurisdiction' (Constitution art. 113); petitions against results otherwise lie to the High Court within 14 days of the official result, judgment within 30 days (Elections (General) Act ss.64-65). No court confirms the result, so there is no court-validation stage.
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/).