Tag: Maldives presidential election

Male : Voting was underway on Sunday in a heavily-criticised presidential election in the Maldives that has been gripped by political upheaval . Thousands of voters queued up outside polling centres across the country that opened at 8 a.m., the country's Election Commission (EC) said. According to the EC, 262,135 voters are set to cast their votes, reports Xinhua news agency. Voting will end at 4.30 p.m. Preliminary results were expected to come out by early Monday and final results are expected to be announced on September 30. The heavily-criticised election will be closely...