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1978 Maldivian presidential election

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Summary

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Field	Value
country	Maldives
type	presidential
election_date	28 July 1978
previous_election	1973 Maldivian presidential election
previous_year	1973
next_election	1983 Maldivian presidential election
next_year	1983
image1	Maumoon-Abdul-Gayoom.jpg
candidate1	Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
party1	Independent politician
percentage1	92.96%
title	President
before_election	Ibrahim Nasir
before_party	Rayyithunge Muthagaddim Party
after_election	Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
after_party	Independent politician

Presidential elections were held in the Maldives on 28 July 1978. The election took the form of a referendum on the candidacy of Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, who was elected with 92.96% of the vote.

Background

Ibrahim Nasir had been elected President in 1973. Two years later he deposed Prime Minister Ahmed Zaki, who was seen as a threat due to his popularity, in a bloodless coup and banished him to a remote island.

The islands had begun to suffer economic problems during the 1970s, following the collapse of the Sri Lankan market for dried fish, the islands' main export, and the closure of the British air base RAF Gan. As a result, the Nasir regime began to lose popularity, and in 1978 he fled to Singapore, with a subsequent investigation revealing that he had taken with him several million dollars from the national treasury.

Results

References

"News in Brief", ''The Times'', 31 July 1978, p5, issue 60367
"History". [[Library of Congress]].

Wikipedia Source

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