The Elections Commission (EC) has announced that 187 ballot boxes will be set up in the capital Male' for the second round of the presidential election.
EC decided to set up 12 more ballot boxes due to the large number of people who re-registered to vote in the runoff scheduled for Saturday.
EC Vice President Ismail Habeeb said 187 boxes will be set up in Male' while nine boxes will be placed in other countries this time.
For the first round of the election on September 9, 176 boxes were placed in Maale' and eight were stationed abroad.
Number of ballot boxes
- 319 boxes in atolls
- 187 boxes in Male' region
- 65 boxes in resorts
- 9 boxes abroad
- 5 boxes in prisons
- 1 box in industrial areas
According to the EC, 282,803 people are eligible to vote. These include 403 first-time voters.
Voting will begin at 8:00 am on Saturday and will close at 5:00 pm. The runoff round is between President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih and Dr. Mohamed Muizzu.
