The Democrats (Dhivehi: ދަ ޑިމޮކްރެޓްސް, romanized: dha dimokrets) are a political party in the Maldives, formed by a faction within the Maldivian Democratic Party[4] amid a rift between members who supported Mohamed Nasheed.

Some of their members were pending expulsion from the party after voting against the party-line and voting to oust sitting cabinet ministers of president Solih's cabinet.

The rift then became more apparent after the members of the group started openly criticizing the MDP government and several cabinet ministers.

The group was originally a sizable minority within the party, but were unable to secure the party's Chairperson post and were later unable to secure the MDP's ticket for the 2023 election after running Mohamed Nasheed against the president Ibrahim Mohamed Solih in the party primaries.

He left the Maldivian Democratic Party soon after on July 17, 2023, noting that “it was not the right thing to do.” He also later established that he wishes to “tear down the party.”[10][11] In 2025, Hussain Amru, Mohamed Shifaz, Ali Azim and then-president of The Democrats Hassan Latheef, who were all founding members of the party, resigned from the party and re-joined MDP.