MDP now the largest political party, says Elections Commission
02 Mar 2010, 6:32 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
The Elections Commission has announced that the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) has overtaken the opposition Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP) to become the largest political party in the country.
President of the Elections Commission Fuad Thaufeeq said the MDP is now the largest political party with 31,171 members, narrowly overtaking the DRP’s 30,775 members.
Fuad noted that there was a possibility the DRP would regain its position once another 2000 membership forms were processed.
DRP Secretary General and MP Abdulla Mausoom claimed the EC had not included the forms of 2400 DRP members in the list it had released.
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