Campaign teams of both President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih and Speaker Mohamed Nasheed has declared themselves victorious in the MDP Presidential Primary.

According to the campaign team of President Solih, exit polls show that he has received 67 percent of the votes.

Meanwhile, Speaker Nasheed's team has also stated that he had won the election with 64 percent of the votes.

While voting began at 9:00am, ballot boxes have now closed with some boxes already declaring their results.

Over 57,000 people were eligible to vote in the MDP Presidential Primary.