Maldives President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih’s Maldivian Democratic Party seems set to win the country’s parliamentary elections, provisional results showed on Sunday.
The MDP was set to secure 59 of 87 parliamentary seats in Saturday’s elections, with a turnout of almost 80%.
The elections saw the dramatic comeback of former President Mohamed Nasheed (top picture), who is set to take over the leadership of the national parliament after winning a seat in the legislature. Read more