Sri Lanka’s new president with Marxist-leanings wins two-thirds
12 hours ago · World Nov 15, 2024 12:26 PM EST. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The party of Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake won a two-thirds majority in parliament, according to ...
Landslide win for Sri Lanka’s leftist coalition in snap general ...
1 day ago · Dissanayake, a 55-year-old veteran politician, was elected president on September 21 with 42 percent of the vote, in a rejection of traditional political parties that have governed the island ...
Party of Sri Lanka's new president wins majority in parliament | AP News
1 day ago · COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The party of Sri Lanka’s new Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake won a two-thirds majority in parliament, according to official election results Friday, providing a strong mandate for his program for economic revival. Dissanayake’s National People’s Power Party won 159 of the 225 seats, according ...
Sri Lanka: Left-leaning leader's coalition secures landslide victory
1 day ago · President Dissanayake’s coalition got nearly 62% of the vote, winning even in the Tamil-dominated Jaffna Peninsula for the first time since independence from Britain in 1948.
Sri Lankan leader seeks big majority in snap election - BBC
Dissanayake made history as Sri Lanka's first president to be elected with less than 50% of the vote. Many observers think his alliance will do better this time.
Sri Lanka president gets resounding mandate to drive forward …
20 hours ago · Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the presidential candidate from National People's Power, addresses his supporters during an election campaign rally ahead of presidential election, on the outskirts of ...
Anura Kumara Dissanayake: Who is Sri Lanka’s new president?
Sep 22, 2024 · Left-leaning politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake has been elected as Sri Lanka’s next president after he won the debt-ridden country’s first election since its economy collapsed in 2022.
Sri Lanka elects Marxist-leaning Dissanayake as president to fix ...
Sep 22, 2024 · Anura Kumara Dissanayake has been declared the winner of the island nation’s presidential election, according to the Election Commission of Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka Elects Leftist Leader Dissanayake as President - The …
Sep 21, 2024 · The Marxist candidate, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, was elected president of Sri Lanka on Sunday, riding a wave of popular anger at the established political order that ran the South Asian...
Sri Lankans elect Marxist-leaning Dissanayake as president to fix ...
Sep 23, 2024 · Sri Lankans elected Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake as their new president on Sunday, putting faith in his pledge to fight corruption and bolster a fragile economic recovery...