Local Council and Women's Development Committee Elections 2021

Opposition candidate for the Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) Dr. Mohamed Muizzu has won the election for Male' City Mayor.

This is the first time a candidate from PPM was elected as Mayor in the Maldives' capital.

While MDP has always had a number of members within the Male' City Council over the past 10 years, this year's vote seems to signal a deep dissatisfaction with the party on behalf of long-term supporters in Male' City.

MDP mayoral candidate Mohamed Atif has secured 317 votes in the race for Kulhudhuffushi Mayor.

Opposition party PPM's candidate Abdulla Iqbal received 198 votes.

Leader of main-ruling Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) former president and Speaker of Parlianent Mohamed Nasheed has declared mayoral victories for MDP in three cities.

Speaker Nasheed has congratulated MDP candidates who have won three mayoral races in Addu, Fuvahmulah and Kulhudhuffushi cities.

A heated disagreement has broken out over invalid votes at the Ghiyasuddin School polling center.

Raajje MV's reporter at the center shares that the disagreement was over invalid votes cast into the Villingilli balot box stationed in Ghiyasuddin School.

Due to conflict between the parties, counting of votes has been discontinued temporarily.

Opposition candidate and former minister of housing Dr. Mohamed Muizzu is well ahead of MDP's mayoral candidate Anas Abdul Sattar in the race for Male' City Mayor.

Dr. Muizzu leads with 2,174 votes, with Anas Abdul Sattar having secured 1,185 votes. This is a difference of 989 votes.

Mohamed Latheef: 102

Ibrahim Thahir: eight

Ali Nizar: 242

Total votes: 402

Invalid votes: 50

Valid votes: 352

Mohamed Latheef: 37

Ibrahim Thahir: 4

Ali Nizar: 97

Voter turnout: 142

Invalid votes: 4

Valid votes: 138

Hussain Rasheed: 42

Mohamed Shuau: 88

Voter turnout: 142

Invalid votes: 12

Valid votes: 130

Candidate representing the main ruling Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) Ismail Rafeeq has won the votes for Fuvahmulah City's mayorship, with MDP candidate Ali Nizar winning majority for Addu City mayorship

Ismail Rafeeq: 118

Mohamed Thariq: 86

Ziyad Zakariyya Hussain: 4

Voter turnout: 210

Invalid votes: 2

Valid votes: 208

Ali Saeed: 89

Mohamed Ismail Didi: 117

Voter turnout: 210

Invalid votes: 4

Valid votes: 206

Ismail Rafeeq: 125

Mohamed Thari: 118

Ziyad Zakariyya Hussain: 4

Voter turnout: 258

Invalid votes: 11

Valid votes: 247

Aminath Sausan: 92

Aishath Abdul Gadir: 154

Voter turnout: 258

Invalid votes: 12

Valid votes: 246

Ismail Rafeeq : 220

Mohamed Thariq : 144

Ziyad Zakariyya Hussain : 1

Total: 364

Invalid: 13

Valid: 351

Abdulla Naseer Ahmed: 215

Mohamed Shujau: 146

Total: 361

Invalid: 12

Valid: 349

Ismail Rafeeq: 92

Mohamed Thariq: 77

Ziyadh Zakariyya Hussain: 2

Total: 180

Invalid: 9

Valid: 171

Aminath Inaya: 18

Khadheeja Nafiu: 59

Total: 180

Invalid: 3

Valid: 177

Addu Meedhoo constituency

Mohamed Latheef: 100

Ibrahim Thahir: eight

Ali Nizar: 184

Total: 292

Invalid: 24

Valid: 292

Aminath Solih: 165

Rasheed Ibrahim: 133

Total: 298

Invalid: 24

Valid: 298

Mohamed Muizzu: 203

Alhan Fahmy: three

Anas Abdul Sattar 78

Total: 299

Invalid: 15

Valid: 284

Ibrahim Shujau: 193

Rizna Zareer: 93

Total: 299

Invalid: 13

Valid: 286

Mohamed Muizzu: 85

Alhan Fahmy: one

Anas Abdul Sattar: 45

Total: 142

Invalid: 11

Valid: 131

Aishath Moosa: 58

Ahmed Asim: 11

Rahuma Moosa: nil

Ahmed Aifan: 59

Total: 142

Invalid: 14

Valid: 128

Dr. Mohamed Muizzu: 124

Alhan Fahmy: one

Anas Abdul Sattar: 54

Total: 186

Invalid: Seven

Valid: 179

Najeel Mohamed: 58

Ibrahim Mohamed 113

Total: 186

Invalid: 15

Valid: 171

Mohamed Latheef: 75

Ibrahim Thahir: four

Ali Nazeer: 146

Total: 225

Invalid: 10

Valid: 225

MDP candidate Najeel Ahmed: 96

PPM candidate Ibrahim Mohamed: 115

Total: 230

Invalid: 19

Valid: 211

Mohamed Muizzu: 144

Alhan Fahmy: four

Anas Abdul Sattar: 72

Total: 230

Valid: 220

Invalid: 10

Dr. Mohamed Muizzu : 57

Alhan Fahmy : two

Anas Abdul Sattar : 64

Invalid : three

Valid : 123

Total votes : 126

Dr. Mohamed Muizzu: 62

Alhan Fahmy: three

Anas Abdul Sattar: 99

Invalid: three

Valid votes: 164

Total votes: 167

Anas Abdul Sattar: 40

Dr. Mohamed Muizzu: 89

Alhan Fahmy: three

Invalid: 1

Ahmed Shareef, President of the Elections Commission has brushed off claims by the opposition coalition comprising of Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) and People's National Congress (PNC) regarding discrepancies in the polls.

While voting closed across the country after sundown, the opposition has claimed that some individuals had been allowed to cast repeat ballots.

This has been brushed off as false by the elections commissioner.

President of the Elections Commission Ahmed Shareef has revealed that voting has closed across 523 polling centers.

The EC is currently counting votes from 53 ballot boxes.

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