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Over 180,000 cast votes by 1600hrs

Election Commission of the Maldives (ECM) has revealed that 181,406 individuals have voted in the ongoing parliamentary elections.

Statistics released by ECM indicates that 63.73% of the eligible voters have cast their votes by 1600hrs. This includes 93,176 men and 88,230 women. Hence, it can be inferred that a total of 103,257 individuals out of 284,663 individuals who are eligible remain to cast votes.

With the parliamentary election electing candidates competing for the representative position of 93 constituencies, voting hours will continue until 1730hrs.

ECM has urged individuals to cast votes promptly, as the time allocated for voting will not be extended regardless of the situation.