The Commonwealth observers have said Saturday's presidential election was peaceful and transparent.

In a statement on behalf of the Commonwealth observer team that observed the second round of the election, its chair and former Seychelles president Danny Faure said that as in the first round, many Maldivians exercised their right to vote with great civility.

"Much like our observations from the first-round, this time too, our observers saw citizens across the Maldives exercising their democratic rights with great civility. We also realise this democratic exercise would not have been possible without the high level of diligence and coordination shown by the Elections Commission of Maldives and their staff, as well as by the Maldives Police Service," the statement read.

Faure noted that the officials at the polling stations also followed the rules. Voting was started at the scheduled time, he said.

Faure further added that he was impressed by the efforts made by the Elections Commission to improve their processes in response to some of their recommendations from their preliminary findings in the first round.

"We noted the improvements introduced by the Elections Commission to protect the secrecy of the ballot. These include relocation of some polling stations to more spacious facilities and the modification of voting booths," the statement added.

Fauer said unlike the first round, the second round saw a large turnout, including women and young people. He also noted that EC officials had immediately provided information on the polling.

Faure also extended his congratulations and best wishes to the people of the Maldives on this Presidential Election and to President-elect Dr. Mohamed Muizzu.