The Elections Commission (EC) has brought changes to constituencies and added six more seats for the 20th parliament to be elected next year.
EC Vice President Ismail Habeeb tweeted that six additional seats were approved during the commission's meeting on Tuesday. It brings the total number of seats in parliament to 93.
"The 794th meeting of the commission held today approved the changes to the constituencies for the year 2024 as per Article 8(b) of Act No. 2009/1 (Determination of Constituencies of the Parliament)," he said.
The seats to be added:
- Two seats for Male' city
- One seat for Addu city
- One seat for Baa atoll
- One seat for Male' atoll
- One seat for Gaaf Alif atoll
The EC will announce the details of the total registered population of all administrative constituencies, he said.
Two seats were added to the 85 seats in parliament ahead of the election for the 19th session of parliament in 2019. There are 87 MPs in the current session.
