Dissanayake, 55, leads the left-leaning coalition National People’s Power, an umbrella of civil society groups, professionals, Buddhist clergy and students.

Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake and opposition leader Sajith Premadasa headed to a run-off for Sri Lanka’s ...

The Marxist has campaigned on a pro-working class and anti-elite platform, which has proven popular with young people.

The latest results showed Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna party's broader front National People’s Power (NPP) had won 39.52 per cent of the votes counted.

In Sri Lanka, counting of votes is underway after the polling for Presidential elections held on Saturday. According to the unofficial results so far, Leftist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake is ...

For the first time in the country's history, Sri Lanka's presidential election has gone into a second round of counting after ...

He has also placed first in the Nattandiya polling division in Puttalam District.

Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa has received the highest number of votes in the Yatiyantota polling division in Kegalle ...