Voting has begun to elect a member to the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) who will represent the legal professionals in the country.

1487 lawyers are eligible to vote in this election. While voting began at 9:00am today, it will continue till 5:00pm.

Ballot boxes have been placed in three different areas for the election.

While 1478 lawyers have registered to vote at the two ballot boxes placed in Male City, nine will vote at the box placed in Addu City.

The six lawyers contesting at the elections are; Ali Rasheed, Adbul Maaniu Hussain, Ahmed Nasheed Hussain, Abdul Azeez Jamaal Aboobakr, Mariyam Haneefa Khalid and Abdul Hannan Ahmed.

The last lawyer to represent legal professionals was lawyer Latheefa Qasim, who was elected to the post in 2014.

However, she lost her post following the ratification of Legal Profession Bill by President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih.