Sri Lanka has more women voters than men but no female presidential candidates
Women make up more than half of the voters in Sri Lanka, but in Saturday’s presidential election, not even one will be on the ...
Vote count underway in Sri Lanka’s presidential election after years of turmoil
Sri Lankans are voting in a presidential election that will determine the course of the country’s recovery from its worst ...
Sri Lankans elect Marxist-leaning Dissanayake as president to fix economy
Sri Lankans elected Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake as their new president on Sunday, putting faith in his pledge to ...
Sri Lanka's Dissanayake and Premadasa head to presidential race runoff
By Uditha Jayasinghe and Sudipto Ganguly COLOMBO (Reuters) -Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake and opposition leader ...
Marxist Anura Kumara Dissanayake sworn in as Sri Lanka’s president
Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s president on Monday after an election that saw voters ...
Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning Dissanayake leads presidential race
By Uditha Jayasinghe and Sudipto Ganguly COLOMBO (Reuters) -Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake was leading Sri Lanka's ...
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Comrade President: Dimensions of AKD’s victory and Sajith’s defeat
Time will tell what kind of statesman he makes, but one must salute Anura Dissanayake’s evolution into a brilliant politician ...
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Anura Kumara Dissanayake leads Sajith Premadasa by 1,271,880 votes, counting of second and third preferences begins
National Peoples Power [NPP] presidential candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayaike led Samagi Jana Balwegaya [SJB] presidential ...
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SJB names Sajith Premadasa as Prime Ministerial candidate
The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) and Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa has been unanimously named as the Prime Ministerial candidate of the Samagi Jana Sandhanaya for the upcoming General Election.
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Sajith Premadasa gets highest share of Tamil vote in Sri Lanka polls
Sri Lanka’s Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa, who lost to leftist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Saturday’s (September 21, 2024) presidential election, garnered the highest share of ...
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Dissanayake and Premadasa head to Sri Lanka presidential race runoff
COLOMBO: Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa and Marxist Anura Kumara Dissanayake headed to a run-off for Sri Lanka's ...
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Anura Dissanayake set to be new Sri Lankan president after historic second round counting
As the second round of counting progress, Anura Kumara Dissanayake is leading with more than 5.6 million votes while Sajith Premadasa secured 4.3 million votes. Sri Lanka is set to get its new ...