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Republican Party ޖުމްހޫރީ ޕާޓީ | |
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Leader | Qasim Ibrahim |
Founded | 26 May 2008 |
Headquarters | Malé, Maldives |
Youth wing | Youth League |
Women's wing | Women’s League |
Membership | 17,946 [1] |
Ideology |
Islamic democracy Nationalism Social conservatism |
Political position | Centre-right to right-wing |
People’s Majilis | 1 / 80
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Website | |
jumhooree | |
Membership as of 25 April 2024 |
The Jumhooree Party ( Dhivehi: ޖުމްހޫރީ ޕާޓީ, Republican Party) is a political party in the Maldives. The party was founded by a group of MPs on 26 May 2008, [2] and grew quickly, rapidly overtaking the Maldivian Democratic Party to become the largest opposition party in the Majlis for that year. [3]
The party's leader and its presidential candidate is businessman and former finance minister Qasim Ibrahim. [4]
Election | Party candidate | Running mate | Votes | % | Votes | % | Result |
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First Round | Second Round | ||||||
2008 | Qasim Ibrahim | Ahmed Ali Sawaad | 27,056 | 15.32% | — | Lost | |
2013 | Hassan Saeed | — | Annulled | ||||
48,131 | 23.34% | — | Lost | ||||
2018 | Did not participate | ||||||
2023 | Qasim Ibrahim | Ameen Ibrahim | 5,545 | 2.52% | — | Lost |