International observers have arrived in Maldives to oversee the re-vote for the Presidential elections. The Indian delegation includes former Chief Election Commissioners of India, J M Lyngdoh, BB Tandon, N Gopalaswami, and former High Commissioner of India to the Maldives, S M Gavai. Commonwealth Secretariat and European Union have also sent high powered teams for the contentious polls. Local observer groups like Transparency Maldives have announced that they will have personnel manning all polling stations. Election Commission of Maldives is working round the clock to finalize the voter lists.

According to Supreme Court ruling the voter lists had to be approved by all candidates. MDP Presidential candidate and former President Mohamed Nasheed signed the voters' lists today but Jumhooree Party candidate Gasim Ibrahim and Progressive Party of Maldives candidate Abdulla Yamin are yet to sign the lists. If no candidate crosses the halfway mark, run-off elections will be held on Novemver 4.

The term of the present government finishes on the 11th of next month. In the polls held last month, Nasheed had won over 45 percent of popular votes and was to face Abdulla Yameen in the final round. The Supreme Court had scrapped the polls on a petition by the Jumhoree Party that had alleged discrepancies.