President Solih congratulates president-elect Muizzu

President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has congratulated the president-elect Dr. Mohamed Muizzu.

In a tweet on Saturday night, President Solih extended gratitude to the public for setting an example of democracy.

“I also thank all members of MDP and AP who worked alongside me, and also thank all citizens who voted for me,” he said.

The opposition PPM-PNC coalition’s candidate Dr. Mohamed Muizzu led the polls as the provisional result of the runoff round of the presidential election held today. While results of all but one of the 586 ballot boxes placed in the election have been announced – Muizzu won the election by a landslide difference of over 18,000 votes.

In total, Muizzu received 126,160 votes while the incumbent president received 107,444 votes.

President Solih had only managed to secure majority from two atolls; Alifu Alifu Atoll and Addu City.

Muizzu led the polls in the first round which saw a total of eight candidates. In this regard, Muizzu secured a total of 46 percent of votes, just four percent shy of the 50 percent required to win an election outright. President Solih secured 39 percent of the votes in the first round.