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493 ballot boxes will be placed for Parliamentary Election, says EC

Elections Commission has announced that 493 ballot boxes will be placed for the Parliamentary Election scheduled for 22 March.

Director General of Elections Commission Mohamed Shakeel told Sun Online that ballot boxes will be placed in all inhabited islands across the country.

Regarding the placement of ballot boxes abroad, the Parliamentary Election Regulation announced by Elections Commission states that ballot boxes will only be placed in countries where the number of people who register to vote is above 300.

As for resorts and industrial islands, ballot boxes will be placed in islands where the number of people who register to vote is above 100.

The regulation also states that the Elections Commission should use its discretion and can act differently when necessary.

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