Election Date: | 1952 |
Country: | Maldives |
Type: | presidential |
Next Election: | 1968 Maldivian presidential election |
Next Year: | 1968 |
Image1: | Mohamed Amin.jpg |
Candidate1: | Mohamed Amin Didi |
Party1: | Rayyithunge Muthagaddim Party |
Percentage1: | 96% |
President | |
After Election: | Mohamed Amin Didi |
After Party: | Rayyithunge Muthagaddim Party |
Presidential elections were held for the first time in the Maldives in 1952. They followed the approval of a new constitution in a referendum in March 1952, which had changed the country's system of governance from being a monarchy to a republic.
The result was a victory for Mohamed Amin Didi, who received almost 96% of the vote.[1] Amin Didi subsequently became the country's first President.[2]