Yesterday, DhiFm conducted an opinion poll for the Presidential Election in Maldives and MDP Mohamed Nasheed bags 44.68%. Are the opinion polls really giving the right picture? Polls conducted by SMS in Maldives may not really give a right picture as there are many reasons. It’s not sure that all the citizens of Maldives are aware of this.

One party can really show a better result if they are informing the Poll information to their supporters and asking everybody to participate in such. Other reason not rely on such kind of polls are the percentage of participants. In this case, only 13265 SMS were received which is just about 5% of the number of voters in Maldives.

Elections for the next President of Maldives will is the most discussed topic among the citizens of Maldives because this is the first multi-partly elections in the history of Maldives. According to the new constitution the elections should be held before October 10th 2008. There are about 8 contestants right now and the for a person to win will need to bag minimum 50% of the votes. In case no body is getting 50% of votes then there will be another election where only two candidates will be there.

The contestants for the Presidential elections in Maldives are

1. President Gayoom
2. Mohamed Nasheed
3. Anni from MDP
4. Ibrahim Ismail
5. Ibra from LP
6. Independents former attorney general Dr. Hassan Saeed,
7. Idham Muiz, Gasim Ibrahim from JP, former finance minister and a multibillionare, Villa
8. Umar Naseer from IDP

The dates for the elections are not yet announced. All the candidates are doing their best in the campaigns. Travelling to different islands, organizing meetings, lots of activities going on. Ramadhan month is coming from the 1st of September and hopefully very soon we will be knowing the date of elections in Maldives.

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Presidential Elections in Maldives will be held before October 12 this year. President of Maldives, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has started the campaign for the coming election for his Party (DRP) this Friday at Alimas Carnival.

Election for the President of Maldives will be held before 10th October 2008. There are two political parties contesting for this election, the DRP and MDP. DRP is the DRP (Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party) which is led by the existing President of Maldives who is the longest serving ruler in Asia. He is in power since 1978. The other party is the MDP (Maldivian Democratic Party).

In a referendum last year, the Maldives voted to adopt a U.S.-style presidential system, a victory for Gayoom and a defeat for the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party which wanted a British-style parliamentary system of government.

Mohamed Nasheed, known as Anni will be contesting on behalf of MDP and Maumoon Abdul Gayoom the current President of Maldives will be contesting for DRP. Anni had recently won the MDP Presidential Primary. The other contenders were Dr. Munavvar and Reeko Moosa.

This is just a brief information about the upcoming Election for the President of Maldives.