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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
Notably, all eight presidential elections in Sri Lanka since 1982 have seen the winner emerge in the first round of counting. Early trends indicated that Dissanayake initially garnered 52% of the ...
Sri Lanka presidential election goes to historic second count
The latest results showed Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna party's broader front National ...
Marxist leader leads Sri Lankan presidential race as Ranil Wickremesinghe is ousted
Mr Wickremesinghe, who took power in July 2022 via a parliamentary vote to cover the remainder of ousted leader Mahinda ...
Know more about Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake
Anura Kumara Dissanayake, 56, leads the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and the 2019-formed broad alliance, the ...
Sri Lanka holds historic second count to choose president
Sri Lankan authorities begin a second round of vote counting to determine the next president. Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake appears to be in pole position.
Sri Lanka holds second vote count for 1st time
Sri Lankan authorities begin a second round of vote counting to determine the next president. Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake appears to be in pole position.