‘Need a change’: Sri Lanka’s leftist win sparks hopes, bridges old divides
President Dissanayake’s party has won a two-thirds majority in parliament, including among Tamils and Muslims.
Sri Lanka parliamentary elections: President Dissanayake's left-leaning alliance wins in landslide
Majority for National People's Power will help Mr Dissanayake push on with promised reforms in crisis-hit nation
Party of Sri Lanka's new Marxist-leaning president wins two-thirds majority in parliament
The party of Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won a two-thirds majority in parliament, according to official election results, providing a strong mandate for his
Sri Lanka's new Marxist leader wins huge majority
The left-leaning coalition of newly elected Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake won 159 of the legislature's 225 seats
Landslide win for Sri Lanka president's leftist coalition in snap polls
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's leftist coalition won a landslide victory in snap legislative elections, results showed Friday, as voters repudiated establishment parties blamed for triggering an economic crisis.
Sri Lanka President Dissanayake's coalition wins big — polls
Voters have handed Anura Kumara Dissanayake a significant win in a snap general election, giving its new leftist president greater legislative power to pursue policies to alleviate poverty.The party of Sri Lanka's new Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake took a seemingly unassailable lead,
Party of Sri Lanka's new Marxist-leaning president takes large lead in parliamentary vote
The party of Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake took a large lead Friday in early results from the parliamentary elections, in an apparent solid mandate for his program for economic revival.
Putting economic justice over ethnic nationalism, how a once-fringe coalition swept to majority in Sri Lanka Parliament
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s National People’s Power clinched a commanding two-thirds majority in the ...
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A clean sweep for NPP
In what appeared to be an election outcome with numerous firsts, the ruling National People’s Power (NPP) swept the polls ...
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Gampaha District preference votes results: Vijitha breaks Harini’s record
Gampaha District Team Leader Vijitha Herath has received the highest number of preference votes in the history of Sri Lanka’s ...
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Sri Lanka parliamentary polls show unity among ethnic, religious groups, but weaker opposition
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s parliamentary election results showed unity among the island nation’s different ethnic and ...
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Can a Democracy Reverse a Slide Toward Authoritarianism?
The decline of democracy in Nazi Germany, of course, has been deeply studied. But have there been nations heading in that ...
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PM Harini tops Colombo District preference votes; sets new record
The much-awaited preferential vote results of the Colombo District in the 2024 General Election have been released with NPP ...
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Sri Lanka parliament polls: Clear shift in Lankan politics as Dissanayake's NPP coalition wins 159 seats
The JVP-NPP combine sweeps the Rajapaksa stronghold in the south, and the Tamil hardline areas in the north and reduces the ...
Explained: Anura Dissanayake's NPP wins snap elections in Sri Lanka – A turning point for the island nation?
Anura Dissanayake's NPP coalition has won a decisive victory in Sri Lanka's snap elections, marking a significant shift in ...
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Sri Lankan leader seeks to win mandate in polls
"The result of the election is a foregone conclusion." The outgoing parliament was dominated by the party of former president ...
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Sri Lanka heads to the polls in snap parliamentary elections
Millions of Sri Lankans are voting on Thursday in snap parliamentary elections, weeks after the election of left-leaning ...
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Can Anura Dissanayake convert his surprise presidential victory into parliamentary control?
Sri Lanka votes for new parliament as President Dissanayake pushes for majority after securing only 42.3% in presidential ...