Polling has closed in the runoff round of the presidential election.
According to the Elections Commission (EC), 221,496 people, or 78.32 percent voted by 4:00 pm.
They are 111,273 women and 110,223 men. The number of people who did not vote was 61,308.
Some 282,803 people were eligible to vote, including 403 first-time voters. Ballot boxes were closed at 5:00 pm.
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.
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.
