Marxist Dissanayake wins Sri Lanka's presidential election - Los ...
WEB2 hours ago · The election was a virtual referendum on Wickremesinghe’s leadership of a fragile recovery, including restructuring Sri Lanka’s debt under an International Monetary Fund bailout program after ...
Marxist Leads Presidential Vote as Sri Lanka Rejects the Old Order
WEB16 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's left-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake elected …
WEB4 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.
Marxist lawmaker leads the vote count in Sri Lanka's presidential election
WEB9 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.
Sri Lanka election result: Counting goes to historic second round
WEB15 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 election: Marxist leader Dissanayake leads early vote …
WEB9 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
WEB14 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 ...
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 ...
Sri Lanka votes in first election since protests ousted leader - BBC
WEB1 day ago · Sri Lanka's former president fled the country in 2022 after months-long protests Polls have closed in Sri Lanka's election, where voters are choosing a new president for the first time since mass ...
Marxist Dissanayake wins Sri Lanka's presidential election as …
WEB14 hours ago · The Associated Press. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, the Election Commission announced Sunday, after voters rejected the ...