The Supreme Court has accepted an appeal filed by the Maldivian Democratic Party against a High Court ruling that invalidated three ballot papers in a Meemu Veyvah local council election, a decision that shifted the win to PNC candidate Mohamed Nazeeh. The Veyvah Council seat remains vacant while the case is still in court.
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Consequently, the judgment declared those three vote papers invalid. It also ordered the Elections Commission to announce the election results again after deducting those three votes.
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