Opposition leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih wins Maldives presidential election

Opposition leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih won a surprise victory in the presidential election held in the Maldives over the weekend, ousting authoritarian President Abdulla Yameen, according to provisional results announced Monday.The Maldives Election Commission said that Solih won 58.3 percent of the vote, receiving 134,616 votes compared to Yameen's 96,132 votes.Out of 262,135 eligible voters, 233,877 people cast votes in Sunday's election at 472 ballot boxes in the Maldives and abroad in India, Malaysia and Sri Lanka, the commission said on its website.Yameen, of the Progressive Party of …READ FULL ARTICLE