280 candidates in MDP primaries
Primaries will be held to elect MDP candidates for 77 constituencies.
20 Dec 2018, 9:00 AM
Some 280 candidates applied before Wednesday’s deadline to seek the Maldivian Democratic Party’s ticket to contest the April 6 parliamentary elections.
Only one candidate applied in nine out of the 87 constituencies and there were no candidates for the opposition-stronghold Faafu Nilandhoo constituency, the MDP announced.
Primaries will be held on January 18 to select the MDP’s candidates for the other 77 seats.
Former president Mohamed Nasheed, who is contesting for the newly-created Central Machchangaolhi constituency in the capital, along with several MDP leadership figures are among the primary candidates.
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