Maldives Elections Commission confirms Yameen as president-elect
bdulla Yameen won 111,203 votes in Saturday's election, or 51.39% of the votes
The Maldives' Elections Commission announced early Sunday the preliminary results of the second round of presidential election, and confirmed Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) candidate Abdulla Yameen as the president-elect.
Elections Commission President Fuad Thaufeeq announced that Abdulla Yameen won 111,203 votes in Saturday's election, or 51.39% of the votes, at a press conference, Xinhua reported.
Former president and candidate for the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) Mohamed Nasheed garnered 105,181 votes, or 48.61%.
The commission said a formal announcement of Yameen's victory would be made early Sunday ahead of his inauguration later in the day.
According to Fuad, the voter turnout for the run-off was 91.41% with 218,621 people voting out of the country's 239,165 eligible voters.
Nasheed has earlier conceded defeat at a press conference.
The president-elect said at his press conference that he would try to announce his cabinet Sunday.