19 January 2014, Male'; Local Council Elections in the Maldives was held yesterday. Elections Commission of the Maldives announced that there were a total 240,220 eligible voters for the election.
A total of 2,462 candidates participated in the elections, and from among them, 1,118 candidates are to be elected to the Island, Atoll and City Councils. This includes 975 candidates that are to be elected to the Island councils, 120 to the Atoll councils, 11 to the Male City Council and 6 to the Addu City Council. Preliminary results of the elections are expected to be announced sometime today.
According to the Elections Commission, 464 ballot boxes were placed for the elections, including the 6 that were placed overseas. From the ballot boxes that were placed overseas, 2 were placed in Colombo, Sri Lanka; 2 in Thiruvananthapuram, India and 2 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
ENDS.