The Elections Commission of the Maldives (ECM) has received 65 complaints regarding the preliminary report on the designation of constituencies for the 2024 parliamentary election.
ECM received 65 complaints regarding the report, specifically over Male' City, Addu City, Baa Atoll, Laamu Atoll, and Gaafu Alifu Atoll constituencies. ECM will respond to all the complaints by November 5. The electoral body is currently finalising the report on the designation of constituencies, after which it will formulate and publish the voters' list.
Furthermore, ECM plans to announce the date of the parliamentary election next month. It stated that the election will likely be held in late March or early April next year, coinciding with the fasting month of Ramadan.
The preliminary report on the designation of constituencies for the 2024 parliamentary election shows that 93 seats have been allocated for the next parliamentary election, which is an increase of six seats in the current 87-seat parliament. The allocation of seats was determined by two policies. The first policy mandates the election of members to represent either the initial 5,000 registered residents in a constituency or a constituency with less than 5,000 registered residents. The second policy requires the election of a member to represent any additional registered residents beyond the initial 5,000, provided that the remaining residents also reach the 5,000 registered residents threshold.
The names of the consistencies were chosen based on the island with the largest population in a constituency as of May 31. If an island has more than one constituency, the names were given according to which direction on the island the constituency is located.