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Landslide win for pro-China leader's party in Maldives vote

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Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu casts his ballot in the country's parliamentary election on April 21, 2024. [AFP]

Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu's party won control of parliament in a Sunday election landslide, results showed, with voters backing his tilt towards China and away from regional powerhouse and traditional benefactor India.

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