Maldives votes in third local council election
After multiple delays and campaigning amidst a political crisis, voting is underway throughout the Maldives in the country’s third local council elections.
06 May 2017, 9:00 AM
After multiple delays and campaigning amidst a political crisis, voting is underway throughout the Maldives in the country’s third local council elections.
Some 422 ballot boxes have been placed in polling stations set up in schools and government buildings in the capital Malé and more than 180 inhabited islands.
Voting is also taking place in seven resorts, two prisons, two police custodial centres and the industrial island of Thilafushi. The only overseas polling station is in Sri Lanka with two ballot boxes at the Maldives embassy in Colombo.
The polls opened at 8 am but voting began late at more than 28 polling stations. In most cases, the delay was caused by the late arrival of officials, the elections commission said.
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