Press Statement: Escalating Assault on Civic Freedoms – From Press Intimidation to Imprisonment
14 May 2026 Read the full press statement Transparency Maldives expresses grave concern over the rapid...
Democratic Processes, Elections & Political Integrity
Press Statement on the Closing of the Polling Centers for the 2026 Maldives Local Council, Women’s Development Committee and Constitutional Referendum Elections
04 April 2026 – Transparency Maldives appreciates and thanks the 31 observers and volunteers in our observer network based in the Greater...
Press Statement on the opening of polls for the 2026 Maldives Local Council, Women’s Development Committee and Constitutional Referendum Elections
04 April 2026 – Transparency Maldives is observing today’s Maldives Local Council, WDC and Constitutional Referendum Elections with an observer...
Press release on the Preliminary Findings of the Pre-Election Legal Review
Read the press statement in English/Dhivehi 29 March 2026: Since the first multi-party presidential election in 2008, Transparency Maldives (TM) has...
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PRE-ELECTION LEGAL REVIEW: Maldives Local Council, WDC and Constitutional Referendum Elections 2026
On 4 April 2026, the Republic of Maldives will conduct three concurrent electoral events: Local...
Joint Press Statement: Accessibility Barriers in the Upcoming Local Council and Women’s Development Committee Election 2026 and the Concurrent National Referendum.
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Summary of the Pre-Election Assessment Findings of the 2023 Presidential Election
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Election Observation Report: Local Council and Women’s Development Committee Election 2020
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Wider issues in the political and electoral environment continue to cast a shadow on the electoral processes of the Maldives.
PRESS RELEASE – May 07, 2017 Transparency Maldives thanks its observers deployed across the country to observe the Local Council...
Transparency Maldives to conduct first ever systematic elections observation for upcoming polls
Transparency Maldives met with local media yesterday, for a briefing on our upcoming election observation. Transparency Maldives is the...
TM trains 400+ observers and volunteers ahead of elections
Transparency Maldives is training over 400 observers and volunteers in Male’ and all the 20 atolls in preparation of election...
Transparency Maldives launches training for Long-Term Observers for Presidential Elections
President of Elections Commission, Fuwad Thaufeeq addesses TM’s Long-Term Observers. 6 July 2013: Transparency Maldives has started a...