Maldives parliamentary polls: MDP headed for landslide win, interim results show
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih's Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) is on course for a landslide victory in the country's third parliamentary elections, according to interim results.With more than half of the ballot boxes counted, the MDP is projected to win 59 seats in the 87-seat Parliament, Maldives Independent reported.Final results are expected to be announced on Sunday morning, the country's Election Commission said.Hundreds of MDP supporters celebrated as the party as provisional results tilted in favour of the party.As the vote counting was underway, a jubilant Solih thanked the electorate for voting for MDP, while vowing to act tough on corruption."You have shown that you don't want to return to theft and corruption. There will be no space for theft in this government. Anyone with that intention should step away," Solih told a gathering of MDP supporters.Solih expressed hope that the Parliament will approve a law to grant investigative powers to presidential commissions formed