Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu's party People's National Congress (PNC) has won a landslide victory in a parliamentary election, cementing his grip on power.
Provisional results show the PNC won 66 seats in the 93-member house.
Analysts view the victory as strong backing for Muizzu's policy to achieve close ties with China.
Muizzu, who is widely seen as pro-China, wants to reduce India's longstanding influence in his country, BBC reported.
Local media have described the PNC's win, which will be ratified in several days' time, as a "super majority". It has achieved the two-thirds in parliament that is required to amend the constitution.
The main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) has managed to win only 15 seats.
Prior to Sunday's vote it had the majority of seats in parliament.
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