Voting is underway across the country in the runoff round of the presidential election.
A total of 586 polling stations have been set up with 187 in Male' region, 319 in the atolls, 65 in resorts, nine in different countries, five in prisons and one in industrial islands.
Voting hours are from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. If there is no one in the queue, the polling stations will close at 5:00 pm and vote counting will begin 30 minutes later.
Voting start time in other countries
- Trivandrum, India - 8:30 am
- Colombo, Sri Lanka - 8:30 am
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - 11:00 am
- London, England - 8:30 am
- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - 8:00 am
Some 282,803 people are eligible to vote in the presidential election, including 403 first time voters, according to the Elections Commission (EC).
The runoff round is between the two candidates that got the most votes during the first round of the election on September 9.
Opposition candidate Dr. Mohamed Muizzu is the front-runner while President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih hopes to secure a second term.
