Sri Lanka's left-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake elected president …
WEB9 hours ago · Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won the most votes in Sri Lanka's first presidential election since mass protests in 2022 saw the country's then president forced to flee and resign.
Left-leaning Anura Dissanayake claims victory in Sri Lanka's ...
WEB1 day ago · It was the first time in Sri Lanka's history that the presidential race was decided by a second round of counting after the top two candidates failed to win the mandatory 50 per cent of votes to ...
Marxist Leads Presidential Vote as Sri Lanka Rejects the Old Order
WEB21 hours ago · Sept. 21, 2024, 11:09 p.m. ET. The Marxist candidate, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, led the early counting in Sri Lanka’s presidential elections on Sunday, riding a wave of popular anger at the ...
Sri Lanka election result: Counting goes to historic second round
WEB20 hours ago · For the first time in the country's history, Sri Lanka's presidential election has gone into a second round of counting after no single candidate won more than 50% of the vote.
Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning Dissanayake leads presidential race
WEB1 day ago · Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake was leading Sri Lanka's presidential election with half the votes counted on Sunday, seeming to knock out the incumbent for the chance to lead the heavily ...
Sri Lanka election results: Second count to decide presidential …
WEB13 hours ago · Officials watch news updates on the television at the counting centre, as the count goes on at the island nation a day after voting ended for the presidential election, in Jaffna, Sri Lanka ...
Sri Lanka election: Marxist leader Dissanayake leads early vote …
WEB14 hours ago · Updated 2:24 AM PDT, September 22, 2024. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake was leading Sri Lanka’s presidential election after knocking out the incumbent liberal President Ranil Wickremesinghe from the race, as officials on Sunday began a second round of …
Sri Lanka 2024 election results live: Dissanayake declared winner
WEB19 hours ago · Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake wins Sri Lanka’s presidential election, according to official results.; For the first time in the country’s history, election officials counted the ...
Marxist lawmaker leads the vote count in Sri Lanka's presidential election
WEB14 hours ago · It is the first time in Sri Lanka’s history that the presidential race is to be decided by a second round of counting after the top two candidates failed to win the mandatory 50% of votes.
Vote count underway in Sri Lanka's presidential election after …
WEB1 day ago · COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Voting ended in Sri Lanka’s presidential election Saturday as the country seeks to recover from the worst economic crisis in its history and the resulting political upheaval.. The election, contested by 38 candidates, was largely a three-way race among incumbent liberal President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Marxist-leaning lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake and ...
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