Ruling coalition to celebrate by-election victories with fireworks
22 Mar 2015, 6:11 PM
Minivan News
The ruling coalition is planning to celebrate Saturday’s council by-election victories with fireworks in Malé tonight.
The fireworks display is due to take place around 8:30pm at the artificial beach.
According to provisional results from the Elections Commission, Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) candidate Abdul Mufeed won the by-election in Haa Alif Muraidhoo for a vacant seat on the island council with 208 votes (45.41 percent) whilst his closest contender, independent candidate Mohamed Fuwad, received 143 votes (31.22 percent).
Opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) candidate Aishath Visama received 107 votes (23.36 percent).
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