Sajith or Anura? Why second preference votes being counted in Sri Lanka?
The election commission of Sri Lanka on Sunday ordered the counting of the second preference vote after no candidate secured over 50 per cent votes in the recently concluded Presidential election. This is the first time in the history of Sri Lanka the second preference vote is being counted as per the Presidential Elections Act of 1981,
Left leaning leader leads Sri Lanka presidential race
Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a leftist politician, has taken a commanding lead in Sri Lanka's presidential election. The election on Saturday is the first to be held since mass protests unseated the country's leader, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, in 2022 after the country suffered its worst economic crisis.
The Incumbent, the Marxist and the Heir: Sri Lanka’s Tight Race for President
Mr. Wickremesinghe, 75, a six-time former prime minister, is a political survivor. His elevation to the presidency in 2022, after the overthrow of Gotabaya Rajapaksa, plucked him out of irrelevance and demonstrated his formidable bargaining powers.
Tamils form 12% of the country's 22 million population, but have long been electorally sidelined, as most candidates belong ...
STORY: Tamils in Sri Lanka have little hope that Saturday's (September 21) presidential election will improve their lot. This ...
Sri Lanka's main newspaper in the northern port of Jaffna endured bullets and bombings during a decades-long Tamil separatist ...
I came in to stabilize the economy and ensure that the bankruptcy declaration of Sri Lanka is removed,” he stated, ...
This tiny 11-kilometre-long, six-kilometre-wide strip, 30 kilometres off the coast of northern Sri Lanka, is the country's ...
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