The Elections Commission, police, state authorities and civil society organisations were to be commended for the generally peaceful local council elections, held last Saturday, President Mohamed Nasheed has said.
The elections were peaceful and competitive without major incident, Nasheed said.
The DRP won 502 seats, 91 island councils and 10 atoll councils, according to preliminary results of the local council elections.
MDP won 375 seats, 61 island councils, four atoll councils and 88 percent of the city council seats. Independents took 160 seats, 15 island councils and one atoll council (Dhaalu).
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