<span style="color: #222222;">In Maldives, counting of votes has begun for the Presidential elections held today and provisional results are expected by Monday morning. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Incumbent President Abdullah Yameen is seeking reelection for second term and is in straight contest with Joint opposition candidate Ibrahim   Mohamed Solih. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">A candidate must secure 50 percent of the vote to win. Earlier, high voter turnout was reported and polling hours were extended by three hours to allow maximum voters exercise their franchise. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Local media had quoted several voters complaining that it took them hours during the voting process. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Maldives election commission said that no incidence of irregularity has been reported so far. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The elections are being held amid fears by opposition and foreign monitors of election commission involvement in rigging the polls in favor of President. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Maldives government had imposed emergency in the country in February after Supreme Court ruled for fair trial of convicted opposition leaders including former President Nasheed, who is in exile now.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">AIR Correspondent reports, the voting percentage is expected to be quite high and extra hours were provided to compensate for delay caused by use of tablets for voter verification. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Some of the voters complained that they had to stand for hours to exercise their franchise. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Opposition asserted that their exit polls show their candidate getting 63 percent of votes polled. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">However, they added that President Yameen will declare himself victorious only through rigging of votes. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The election process may get over in coming days but politics over its will continue for weeks to come. </span>