Nasheed nets 44,000 votes in MDP primary
Of the 44,011 ballots cast, 43,922 voted for former president Mohamed Nasheed and 14 voted against.
31 May 2018, 9:00 AM
More than 40,000 members of the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party voted Wednesday for exiled former ruler Mohamed Nasheed to be their candidate in this year’s presidential elections.
Voting continued until midnight despite police snatching ballot boxes to execute a court warrant, which came after the Elections Commission declared the referendum unlawful over Nasheed’s ineligibility to run for office with a 13-year prison sentence.
Of the 44,011 ballots cast, 43,922 voted for Nasheed and 14 voted against, the MDP announced early Thursday. Some 75 votes were deemed invalid.
More than 50,000 members were eligible to vote. If a single candidate runs unopposed, the party’s rules dictate that he must secure at least 10 percent of the vote.
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