Gan MP Fayyaz Ismail has said that a recent online RaajjeTV poll has shown that holding a primary election to pick a single candidate for the opposition coalition parties is possible.

A RaajjeTV poll has shown that most of voters preferred Jumhooree Party leader Qasim Ibrahim as the single candidate for the 2018 Presidential elections.

The poll was opened for a 24-hour period and 10,376 twitter users had cast their votes.

Qasim won with 43 percent of the votes. Opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP)’s de facto leader Mohamed Nasheed won 25 percent of votes, while Adhaalath Party (AP) leader Imran Abdullah claimed 30 percent of votes. Former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom recieved two percent.

Fayyaz also noted that this showed candidates from each party has the chance to win a coalition primary.

He also congratulated Qasim for winning the poll.