Voting has closed for Parliamentary election and the polls are being counted.

Voting queues were closed at 1730hrs as Elections Commission (EC) had stated previously. EC had also said that voting hours will not be extended under any circumstances.

EC said the voter turnout for the Parliamentary election has been similar to that of the 19th Parliament elections. EC said that 63 percent of voters had cast ballots by 1600hrs.

While there were 3 arrests made by Police in GDh. Fiyoari and Male' City in related to election-related incidents, EC said no major issues or complaints had been reported during polling.

High Court has also said that no complaints have been lodged regarding the election.