The Maldives improved its ranking for the first time since 2010.
Mahloof was suspended over transactions with a company implicated in the country’s biggest corruption scandal.
The prohibition on foreign ownership of Maldivian territory was restored.
The MDP took 65 seats with 46 percent of the vote.
Total revenue reached MVR6.1 billion at the end of the first quarter.
The by-election was called after the resignation of two council members.
A policeman on patrol heard a woman screaming from a guesthouse.
The presumptive majority leader deferred to President Solih on changing the form of government.
MDP won an unprecedented super majority of the 87-member parliament.
MDP has taken a two-third majority of the 19th parliament.
Rolling coverage of the Maldives parliamentary elections.
Polls opened at 8am across the country.
Polls open at 8am on Saturday morning.
Police said there was no case against the MDP candidate on record.
The High Court overturned the lower court's detention order.
The Solih administration has also been accused of nepotism.
Solih expressed regret for the decision to commute Ibrahim Rasheed's sentence.
