<span style="color: #222222;">Former President of Maldives Mohamed Nasheed has been elected as the new speaker of Majlis or Parliament.<br />'' <br />'' Mr. Nasheed received the support of 67 MPs in 87 member parliament during a secret ballot held last night during first sitting of the new parliament. His rival and former speaker Qasim Ibrahim received 17 votes.<br />'' <br />'' Earlier, Mr. Nasheed, who leads the Maldives Democratic Party (MDP) was unanimously nominated for the post of the speaker by its newly elected MPs on Monday.<br />'' <br />''<br />''Another MDP MP Eva Abdulla has been elected for the post of deputy speaker. </span>