Politics

Local Council Elections 2011: Preliminary results by island and party

07 Feb 2011, 5:43 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
The DRP has won 502 seats, 91 island councils and 10 atoll councils, according to preliminary results of the local council elections.
MDP won 375 seats, 61 island councils, four atoll councils and 88 percent of the city council seats.
Independents took 160 seats, 15 island councils and one atoll council (Dhaalu).
The Elections Commission of the Maldives has said that the commission will announce the official result of the Local Council Elections within two weeks.

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