MALDIVES | Maldives presidential run-off: Pro-India candidate Ibu Solih loses election
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MALDIVES | Maldives presidential run-off: Pro-India candidate Ibu Solih loses election

The Hindu  

Published : Sep 30, 2023 22:22 IST - 5 MINS READ Pro-India candidate in the Maldivian Presidential election, the incumbent Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, lost to the Male city Mayor, Mohamed Muizzu, backed by the China-leaning Progressive Party of Maldives, in the run-off election held on September 30. In the first round, of the 225,486 votes polled, Muizzu was placed in first position, securing 101,635 votes, while President ‘Ibu’ Solih, managed only 86,161 votes. In the first round of Presidential elections held for the first time after Maldives became a multi-party democracy in 2008, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom won an impressive 40.63 per cent of the votes polled, while his challenger, the young. He secured the most votes in the first round, while a new challenger, Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom from a then newly formed party, The Progressive Party of Maldives, secured 29.72 per cent of the votes.

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