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Polls open for second round of council elections

A voter casts her ballot in the Local Council Elections 2020 on April 10, 2021. (Sun Photo/Fayaz Moosa)

Polls opened in a dozen islands in Maldives on Saturday in the second round of Local Council Elections and Women’s Development Committee Elections.

Local Council Elections and Women’s Development Committee Elections – delayed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic – was held on April 10.

A second round of voting is being held in dozen islands where candidates received the same number of votes or where voters registered other districts were found to have cast their vote.

The second round of voting began at 09:00 am this Saturday.

The second round of voting is underway in: HA. Thakandhoo, HA. Uligan, N. Magoodhoo, R. Maakurath, B. Kendhoo, B. Kihaadhoo, V. Fulidhoo, M. Raihmandhoo, F. Dharanboodhoo, L. Kalaidhoo, L. Maavah and Th. Gaadhiffushi.

Polls will close at 04:00 pm.

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