Few shocks, but most sitting MDP lawmakers secure ticket for parliamentary polls
Gasim, Rozaina and Ibrahim Shareef will not be seen in the 20th parliament.
By
Fathmath Ahmed Shareef
Eight incumbent Members of Parliament (MPs) have won the primary held on Saturday to select Maldives Democratic Party (MDP) candidates for the upcoming parliamentary elections.
A total of 11 current MPs contested for the upcoming parliamentary elections. They are:
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MDP Parliamentary Group Leader and Alifushi Constituency MP Mohammed Rasheed Hussain
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Kelaa Constituency MP Ibrahim Shareef
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Kaashidhoo Constituency MP Abdullah Jabir
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Bilehdhoo Constituency MP Ahmed Haleem
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Hanimaadhoo Constituency MP Abdul Ghafoor Moosa
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Kinbidhoo Constituency MP Mohammed Nashiz
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Villingili MP Saudullah Hussain
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Velidhoo Constituency MP Mohammed Abdullah Shafeeg
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Rozaina Adam, MP for Addu; She contested this time for the Feydhoo North constituency, where she did not win the ticket
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Manadhoo Constituency MP Ahmed Haroon
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Keyodhoo Constituency Member Hussain Gasim
According to the provisional results so far, eight of these members have secured their constituency tickets. The members are:
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Alifushi Constituency MP Mohammed Rasheed Hussain - 287 votes
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Kaashidhoo Constituency MP Abdullah Jabir - 252 votes
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Bilehdhoo Constituency MP Ahmed Haleem - 500 votes
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Hanimaadhoo Constituency MP Abdul Ghafoor Moosa - 363 votes
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Kinbidhoo Constituency MP Mohammed Nashiz - 258 votes
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Villingili MP Saudullah Hussain - 240 votes
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Velidhoo Constituency MP Mohammed Abdullah Shafeeg - 241 votes
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Manadhoo Constituency MP Ahmed Haroon - 225 votes
The remaining MPs that contested in the primary, Gasim, Rozaina and Ibrahim Shareef, did not win the ticket.
The tickets were won in these constituencies by:
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Kelaa Constituency - Ahmed Ghalib 165 votes; the incumbent Shareef received 140 votes
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Feydhoo North Constituency - Ahmed Shareef 251 votes; the incumbent Rozaina received 221 votes and lost
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Keyodhoo Constituency - Mohammed Niushad 113 votes; the incumbent received 106 votes
