Mohamed Nasheed (Anni) New President of Maldives

by Kishore on October 29, 2008

Mohamed Nasheed popularly known as Anni has been elected as the Next President of Maldives. He has bagged 54.04% of votes as per the provisional results of the Runoff Elections in Maldives.

The runoff elections of the 2008 presidential elections were contested between Dhivehi Rahyithunge Party (DRP) presidential candidate Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) presidential candidate Mohamed Nasheed (Anni). Atolls Minister Ahmed Thasmeen Ali contested the runoff as the running mate of DRP’s candidate. Dr. Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik, chairperson of the Maldives National Congress, contested the runoff elections as the running mate of MDP coalition’s candidate.

The election results shows that the people of Maldives were desperately looking for a new President. MDP was backed by all the other contestant who had contested for the first phase of elections.

Tagged as: Elections, Maldives, President

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