Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu’s party set a supermajority in Parliament by winning over 60 seats in Sunday’s parliamentary election.
As per the information released by the Elections Commission (EC), 207,693 people cast their ballots as of 5:00 pm local time, making for a voter turnout of 72.96 %.
This includes 104,826 men and 102,867 women. 284,663 people were eligible to vote to elect lawmakers for 93 constituencies in the 20th People’s Majlis.
A total of 368 candidates were in the fray, including 130 independent candidates, 10 candidates from Jumhoory Party (JP), 39 from The Democrats, Maldives Development Alliance (MDA) 4, Adhaalath Party (AP) 4, and Maldives National Party (MNP) 2 nominees.
According to the media reports, ‘PNC contested for 90 constituencies, while the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) contested for 89 constituencies’.
The Muizzu-led PNC secured over 60 seats in the 93-member People’s Majlis, accounting for almost two-thirds of the Parliament, according to preliminary reports.
According to the trends, the PNC led by Muizzu bagged 67 seats, followed by the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) at 12 seats, and Independents won 10 seats. Maldives Development Alliance (MDA) and Jumhooree Party (JP) got one each.
The Democrats, Maldives National Party (MNP) and Adhaalath Party (AP) are yet to open their accounts. In the 2019 elections, the then-ruling MDP won a supermajority, with 64 seats while the then-opposition PPM-PNC coalition won just eight.
In Sunday’s election, the main ruling PNC won all cities across the Maldives, in a major loss to the main opposition MDP, which had dominated the cities in previous elections.
Preliminary results show that PNC secured most of the seats in Male City, Addu City and Fuvahmulah City.
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