Two losing parliamentary candidates in the March 22 elections have contested the results at the High Court, local media reports.
Opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) candidate for the Shaviyani Funadhoo constituency, Mohamed Abbas, and Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) candidate for the mid-Hithadhoo constituency, Mohamed Rasheed ‘Hiyalee’, filed cases at the High Court seeking annulment of the results.
The legal grounds for annulment remains unclear in both cases.
Incumbent PPM MP Ali Saleem was reelected in the Funadhoo constituency while MDP candidate, retired Brigadier General Ibrahim Mohamed Didi, won the mid-Hithadhoo constituency seat.
According to electoral law, such cases must be filed at the High Court within 30 days of the announcement of official results by the Elections Commission.
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