The Elections Commission of the Maldives (ECM) has announced that re-registration for the second round of the presidential election will be open on September 16-17.
A total of 282,395 were eligible to vote in the first round of the presidential election but the number is likely to change for the second round due to those who would reach 18 years of age during this time-frame. ECM will accept re-registration applications on September 16-17 and open the voters' list for complaints before publishing the final list.
The second round of the presidential election is scheduled to be held on September 30 after none of the candidates received 50% of the votes to win in the first round. The preliminary results show that Dr. Mohamed Muizzu, the candidate of the opposition People's National Congress (PNC), is in the lead with 46% of the votes while President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, the candidate of the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) received 39% of the votes.
ECM has stated that 225,486 of the eligible voters had cast their ballots. A total of 4,835 ballots were invalid. This year's presidential election saw the least voter turnout in the country's history, with 79% of eligible voters casting their ballot.