Economic Minister Fayyaz Ismail predicted to win Maldives Democratic Party (MDP)'s chairperson election held on Saturday.
MDP's internal election started at 9 am this morning with a total 94,211 voters registered to vote for the Chairperson position. A total of 281 voting boxes were used in this election; 194 boxes in the administrative islands, and 87 boxes in Male'. Due to bad weather, the voting period was extended from 4 pm to 6 pm.