Polls closed in Sri Lanka's first election since the economic collapse, and the counting of votes is underway. Millions of ...

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.

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

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

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

Sri Lanka's presidential election goes into 2nd round of vote counting for 1st time in history. Incumbent is eliminated ...

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

In an unexpected turn of events, Sri Lanka polls, Elections Commission Chairman RLAM Ratnayake announced a second preference count. This decision came after early trends showed Anura Kumara ...

In a historic first, Sri Lanka’s presidential election went into a second round of counting after no candidate secured over ...

Sri Lankans vote in a presidential election that will chart the country's future in recovery from its worst economic crisis ...

Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake was leading Sri Lanka’s presidential election after knocking out the incumbent ...