A British court sitting as the final court of appeal for Mauritius has upheld the results of the 2019 election, in which Pravind Jugnauth was declared prime minister.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC), which acts as a final court of appeal for 27 countries and territories that were once part of the British Empire, rejected an appeal by an opposition candidate who alleged the election results were improperly obtained.
The Supreme Court of Mauritius upheld the election results in 2021.
The appeal was brought by Surendra Dayal, who unsuccessfully ran for a parliamentary seat in the same constituency where Mr Jugnauth was elected.
Mauritius, a prosperous archipelago in the Indian Ocean, won its independance from Britain in 1968.