Nasheed and Shifaz reelected in MDP leadership polls
With 87,439 eligible voters, the turnout was 27 percent.
23 Nov 2019, 9:00 AM
Speaker Mohamed Nasheed and President’s Office Minister Mohamed Shifaz were re-elected as president and vice president of the ruling Maldivian Democratic Party in nationwide polls on Friday.
Nasheed contested as the sole candidate and won 23,369 votes, according to provisional results announced by the party. Some 63 members voted No in the referendum and there were 152 invalid votes. The former president was previously elected to the MDP presidency uncontested in August 2014, winning 33,709 votes from a total of 57,203 registered members.
Shifaz, former MP for Baarah, retained the post with 13,233 votes whilst his challenge MP Mohamed Aslam trailed behind with 9,957 votes. There were 423 invalid votes.
The campaign for the vice presidency was hard-fought with both candidates visiting MDP strongholds and appealing for votes.
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