Political Party Bill On 12 March 2013, president
Mohamed Waheed Hassan ratified a new Political Party Bill replacing the guidelines established in 2005, when the Maldives first became a
multi-party system. The bill raised the minimum number of members required to register a political party from 3,000 to 10,000. With the ratification of the bill, all registered political parties with less than 10,000 members were dissolved. The following is a list of parties dissolved under the law:
First republic The First Republic of the Maldives had only one party, the
Rayyithunge Muthagaddim Party. ==See also==