Five candidates shortlisted for “DhiFM Personality of the Year”

Five candidates have been shortlisted for the “DhiFM Personality of the Year 2009” contest and voting is now open.

Twenty-two names were submitted by participants of the poll and the five candidates shortlisted for the final round by the DhiFM panel are President Mohamed Nasheed, former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, Foreign Minister Dr Ahmed Shaheed, South Kulhudhuffushi atoll MP Mohamed Nasheed and IDP President Umar Naseer.

Voting via SMS will continue until 27 December 2009 and DhiFM has decided to update the results of the vote every 24 hours and make it available for the public. The results of the first 24 hours show that former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom is in the lead with 3,392 of the 4,172 votes. President Mohamed Nasheed is in second place with 618 votes while IDP President Umar Naseer is in third place 83 votes. The candidate who gets the most votes will be declared as the “Personality of the Year” and each mobile number is eligible to vote only once.

According to DhiFM, everything about the contest will be handled by a panel of journalists.