Elections Commission has revealed that ballot counting for the Local Council Election will begin at 6:30pm and that preliminary results for the election will be out by 12:00am tonight.

One ballot box has been closed so far after all registered voters had cast their ballot.

Vice President of the Elections Commission, Ismail Habeeb told One Online today that once all registered voters cast their ballots, each ballot box will be closed. However, ballot counting will only begin at 6:30pm.

While voting began at 7:00am, several ballot boxes saw delays in opening due to various reasons in the atolls.

Habeeb further noted that preliminary results will be out by 12:00am tonight.

There are 273,128 eligible voters for the elections this year.