Voting has concluded in the re-election for the position of President of the Dhaalu Meedhoo Council, with polling stations closing as scheduled at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday.

Voting commenced at 8:00 a.m. and continued until 4:00 p.m.

A total of 1,049 individuals were eligible to cast their ballots in the election. Of these, 587 voters were registered to vote in Meedhoo, while 462 had registered to vote in Malé. As of 3:00 p.m., 84 per cent of the eligible voters had cast their ballots.

The Elections Commission had established three ballot boxes for the vote. Two ballot boxes were set up at Dhaalu Atoll School in Meedhoo, while a third was arranged at Dharumavantha School in Malé for eligible voters residing in the capital.

The seat is being contested by Mohamed Shaahid of the Maldives Development Alliance (MDA) and Suha Ibrahim of the People's National Congress (PNC).

The Elections Commission will begin counting votes 30 minutes after voting closed.