| 词条 | 1978 Maldivian presidential election | |||||||||||
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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,[1] who was elected with 92.96% of the vote. BackgroundIbrahim 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.[2]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.[2] Results
References1. ^"News in Brief", The Times, 31 July 1978, p5, issue 60367 {{Maldivian elections}}2. ^1 History Library of Congress Country Studies 7 : 1978 elections in Asia|1978 in the Maldives|Presidential elections in the Maldives|Referendums in the Maldives|1978 referendums|Single-candidate elections|July 1978 events |
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