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A 'different' leader. While campaigning for the presidential election, Dissanayake addressed another violent moment in Sri Lanka’s recent history: the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings.
Sri Lankans are voting for a new president in the first election since mass protests sparked by the country's worst-ever economic crisis unseated the leader in 2022. Saturday's vote is widely ...
Sri Lanka's ranked voting system allows voters to cast three preferential votes for their chosen candidates, with any candidate securing 50% of the votes or more declared winner.
Anura Kumara Dissanayake NPP. The 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election was the ninth presidential election and was held on 21 September 2024. [ 3 ][ 4 ] Incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe ran for re-election as an independent candidate, making him the first sitting president to run for re-election since Mahinda Rajapaksa in 2015. [ 5 ...
Parliamentary elections are expected to be held in Sri Lanka in 2025. The term of the 16th and current parliament is scheduled to end on 20 August 2025, marking the completion of five years from the date of its first meeting.
The Kaduwela Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Colombo Electoral District, ... Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP: 25,849 45.47% 374,530 51.67% 2,838,005
SRI LANKA — Following a major economic crisis in Sri Lanka marked by protests that culminated in the overthrow of the government in 2022, voters in the island nation went to the polls on ...
The Kundasale Polling Division is a Polling Division in the Kandy Electoral District, ... Sri Lanka Votes % Votes % Votes % UNP: 9,594 64.41% 204,973 61.72% 2,838,005