Elections Commission on Tuesday that 66 percent of the total eligible voters had cast their ballots in the recently concluded local council elections, which is higher than originally reported.
Commission member Ahmed Akram told reporters on Tuesday that the elections had largely been incident free with a 66 percent voter turnout.
"Despite a few complaints, the elections was generally smooth. We got positive feedback from the foreign observers," Akram said.
He also revealed that out of the 116 complaints, mostly over vote count, only one remains unresolved.
A total of 1,487 candidates had contested the elections for 664 seats including 563 councilors to 179 island councils, 67 councilors to 18 atoll councils and 23 councilors to three city councils.
Main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) backed by the united opposition had secured more than half the seats including the constituencies with the largest populations.
Local Government Authority (LGA) meanwhile had announced that the newly elected councillors will be sworn in on June 3.
