Elections in Maldives, then why are ballot boxes being kept in India? Know what is the whole matter

Parliamentary elections are to be held in pro-China Maldives. The elections will be held on April 21, 2024. Maldives Election Commission announced that ballot boxes for the upcoming parliamentary elections will be placed in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Ballot boxes will also be kept in Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka and Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia. Hassan Zakaria, secretary general of the Maldives election body, said substantial voters in the three overseas countries had re-registered for ballot boxes. The Sun quoted Hassan as saying that during the re-registration window, voters had re-registered enough warranted ballot boxes in three countries, which are Thiruvananthapuram, India, Colombo, Sri Lanka and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Voting will not take place in UK, UAE and Thailand

The Maldives Election Commission announced that approximately 11,000 Maldivians have requested re-registration to move their polling stations. The six-day period for people to shift their polling stations for the parliamentary elections ended on Saturday, media reports citing an Election Commission notification said. The apex electoral body said ballot boxes for the island nation’s elections will also be placed in Kerala capital Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram), Colombo in Sri Lanka and Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. At least 150 people in each of the three will re-register to vote. Web portal adadhu.com quoted Election Commission Secretary General Hassan Zakaria as saying that like earlier, enough people registered in Sri Lanka and Malaysia and since 150 people had registered in Thiruvananthapuram, India, we decided to set up a ballot box there. Have decided.

The apex election body received 11,169 applications requesting re-registration at various polling stations during this period. It rejected 1,141 forms, taking the total re-registrations to 10,028, reports Edition.mv news portal. Pointing out that the number of people re-registering this year was lower compared to previous elections, Zakaria said there would be no voting in the UK, UAE and Thailand.

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Parliamentary elections in the island nation were scheduled to be held on March 17, however, the election date was postponed after an act was amended to avoid holding elections during the month of Ramadan. Parliamentary elections are now to be held on 21 April. According to sun.mv news portal, a total of 389 candidates are contesting for 93 parliamentary seats in Maldives. The largest number of candidates are from the main pro-India opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP).