Elections Commission begins announcing results
With results from 98 percent of 422 ballot boxes collected, the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party is leading with 315 seats and the ruling Progressive Party of Maldives is trailing with 185 seats.
09 May 2017, 9:00 AM
The Elections Commission has started announcing provisional results from Saturday’s local council elections amid confusion over contrasting results reported by opposition-aligned and pro-government media outlets.
At a press briefing Tuesday morning, EC secretary-general Ahmed Ali said the commission is “working day and night” to check and verify results announced at polling stations.
He assured that the results will be announced throughout the day. But a commission staff only announced results from three small islands, after which the secretary-general said the media will be invited back later in the day.
As of 4:45 pm, the commission is yet to inform the media when the next batch of results will be released.
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