The Eastern African island nation of Mauritius on Thursday went to the polls where incumbent Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth of the Militant Socialist Movement (MSM) emerged victorious.
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Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth’s coalition has strengthened its grip on parliament after Mauritius’ electoral commission finalised the outcome of the election in the Indian Ocean nation.…
Jugnauth’s party won 38 of 62 seats – enough to secure the outright majority needed to form a government alone
He faces two opponents who say his appointment to the country’s top job amounted to little more than nepotism
Nearly a million voters are registered for the parliamentary election in Mauritius, a stable democracy in the Indian Ocean