President of Elections Commission Ahmed Shareef has confirmed that more than 100,000 people have now cast their votes in the ongoing Local Council and Women’s Development Committees (WDC) Election.
Shareef said via Twitter that as of 01:50 pm, 100,829 people have voted in today's elections. He said that this includes 47,140 women and 53,689 men.
He also said that this constitutes 37 percent of the total voters who are eligible for the elections. He noted that 63 percent of the voters are yet to cast their votes as 273,128 people are eligible to vote in the ongoing elections.
Shareef confirmed that all 713 ballot boxes are currently active in the elections.
Earlier, President Solih had urged all to cast their votes in today's elections as soon as they can. He said after casting his own vote that though the election is being held a difficult time, it is imperative that as many people took part in the voting today.
A total of 2,234 candidates are competing in the local council elections today while another 1580 are competing for the seats on the WDC.
Some of the candidates have already been elected before a single ballot was cast as competitors in their respective seats had withdrawn their candidacy citing different reasons.
