Maldives Elections 2024: President Muizzu’s ruling party People’s National Congress wins supermajority, know details

New Delhi: Maldives has been in the news for quite some time now; Earlier this was due to its conflict with India over tourism, and more recently it was Maldives parliamentary election 2024 Is due to. More than 2 lakh people voted in the country’s parliamentary elections and 326 candidates were in the fray for 93 seats – including six new seats. Current ruling party in Maldives, People’s National Congress (PNC) It contested 90 seats and preliminary results said the party had won more than 60 seats, almost two-thirds of the total seats. Here’s what you need to know about the elections…

Maldives parliamentary election 2024: preliminary results

As previously reported, President Mohamed Muizzu’s ruling People’s National Congress (PNC) has won a majority in the Parliament of Maldives. His party won 60 seats in parliamentary elections held on Sunday, Maldives-based Sun Online reported. According to preliminary results, President Mohamed Muizzu’s PNC won more than 60 seats, almost two-thirds of the total. This does not include independent candidates contesting elections with party support and MNP and MDA candidates. MNP and MDA are the two parties allied with the ruling coalition.

Maldives elections 2024: party split

Candidates from the ruling party of Maldives contested elections on 90 seats. The candidates contesting the election also included 89 candidates from the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP); 39 Democrat candidates; 10 candidates from Jamhoori Party (JP); Four candidates from Maldives Development Alliance (MDA); four from Adhalath Party (AP); two from the Maldives National Party (MNP); and 130 independent candidates. Notably, the then-ruling Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) won the supermajority in the 2019 elections with 64 seats, while the then-opposition PPM-PNC alliance won just eight seats, Sun Online reported.

As said earlier, relations between India and Maldives have been strained ever since pictures of the Lakshadweep islands were posted on social media, with ministers taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi; Recently, during and after the presidential elections, Maldives President Mohammed Muizzu criticized India and also requested our country to withdraw its troops from Male. Ever since the rift between India and Maldives, tourism in Maldives has been greatly affected.