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11 Feb 2017 | Sat 00:54
Pictured during the MDP Chairperson Election 2017
Pictured during the MDP Chairperson Election 2017
Mohamed Sharuhaan
MDP Chairperson Election 2017
MDP to announce chairperson ballot results tonight
Ballot boxes were placed in seven locations throughout the capital and every inhabited island in the nation.
The position of Chairperson had been vacant since Ali Waheed resigned.

Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) will announce ballot results for Friday’s vote to elect a party chair.

Ballot boxes for the election were placed in seven locations throughout the capital, every inhabited island in the nation, and even former President Mohamed Nasheed had cast his vote from Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Voting was carried out from 2 to 6 PM on Friday, and polls are to be announced in a few hours, at 9 PM.

The position of Chairperson has been vacant since Ali Waheed resigned.

Lawyer Hassan Latheef, who had served as Youth Minister in President Nasheed’s cabinet is the sole candidate.

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