The internal election of the ruling People's National Congress (PNC) is being held today.
Voting continued till 2:00 pm today in Male' and 88 islands across the country.
PNC said 33,500 people are eligible to vote while candidates are running for 1984 positions. A total of 144 ballot boxes have been set up.
The ruling party's internal elections were originally scheduled for October 19. But the party claimed that candidates wanted to postpone the vote.
At the time, a new date was announced for November 9, but the election was postponed for a third time to November 23.
Some candidates have withdrawn their candidacies after allegations of meddling.
Candidates who spoke to Adhadhu on condition of anonymity said they were unhappy because the party had published the candidates' list without their names.
PNC members complained about many irregularities when the candidates' list for the internal elections was made public on November 13.
The names of some candidates were missing from the list while several candidates were listed in the wrong constituencies.
PNC cancelled the list after blaming the irregularities on administrative errors.
