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2018 Presidential Elections
Elections Commission confirms president-elect Solih's win
EC announced the final result of the election at a press conference on Saturday morning
Humaam Ali, Raajje.mv | 29 ސެޕްޓެމްބަރު 2018 | ހޮނިހިރު 07:03
Elections Commission members
Elections Commission (EC) has confirmed that Ibrahim Mohamed Solih won the presidential election on September 23.
EC announced the final result of the election at a press conference on Saturday morning.
EC stated that President Abdulla Yameen, the candidate of the ruling party, received 96,052 votes. Solih, the candidate of the opposition coalition, received 134,705.
This is close to the intial result of the election, which is 96,123 votes or 41.6% for President Yameen and 134,616 or 58.4% for Solih.
The opposition had grown increasingly concerned over the EC's delay in announcing the final result.
