By XU WEIWEI in Hong Kong | China Daily | Updated: 2023-09-12 07:39Mohamed Muizzu, Maldives presidential candidate of the opposition party, People's National Congress gestures after casting his vote at a polling station during the Maldives presidential election day in Male, Maldives September 9, 2023. [Photo/Agencies]Maldivians will head for a runoff presidential election between the incumbent president and his challenger on Sept 30, as none of the eight candidates secured more than 50 percent of the votes needed for an outright win on Sept 9. Maldives' electoral system allows the president, as both the head of state and government, to be elected for a maximum of two terms. In 2008, the country held its first-ever multiparty presidential election. The election kicked off on Sept 9, with voters electing the Indian Ocean archipelagic country's president for the next five years.

Source: The Hindu September 12, 2023 00:05 UTC