Solih confirmed winner of Maldives presidential election
The elections body said a total of 423 complaints had been received by Thursday.
29 Sep 2018, 9:00 AM
Ibrahim Mohamed Solih was Saturday confirmed as the official winner of the Maldives presidential poll, with around 58 percent of the total votes cast, as the election body said its members had received death threats.
Solih beat the incumbent, Abdulla Yameen, by more than 38,000 votes. Yameen received 96,052 votes compared to Solih’s 134,705.
It has been a tense week since polls closed last Sunday evening, with the ruling party alleging fraud, accusations of a coup and security forces pledging to uphold the election result.
The head of the Elections Commission told media there had been no undue influence and no bribes. Bribes would have been rejected had they been offered.
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