More SHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP via Getty Images Dissanayake's Gains In Tamil Strongholds Of the 225 seats in parliament, 196 were directly up for grabs under Sri Lanka's electoral system.

A rogue monkey allegedly sparked a nationwide power outage in Sri Lanka after finding its way into a grid transformer. AFP via Getty Images. The blackout hit around midday Sunday right as ...

An election official transports a sealed ballot box to a counting centre at the end of voting in Sri Lanka’s legislative elections in Colombo on 14 November 2024 (AFP via Getty Images) ...

Getty Images. Sri Lanka's former president fled the country in 2022 after months-long protests. ... No election in Sri Lanka has ever progressed to the second round of counting, ...

Sri Lanka's 17.1 million registered voters had to choose from more than 8,800 candidates in an election marked by a low-key campaign. Election monitors estimated turnout at 60-65%. “Voter ...

Sri Lankan people wait to vote at a polling station during the northern provincial council election on 21, September, 2013 in Jaffna, Sri Lanka. Credit: Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake departing the election commission office after winning the Sri Lankan presidential election in Colombo, Sri Lanka, ... Ishara S.Kodikara/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images.

Sri Lankans have voted in a parliamentary election that's key for their new, Marxist-leaning president to consolidate his party’s power and follow through on promises of economic recovery.

Supporters listen to Anura Kumara Dissanayake during a campaign rally in Habaraduwa, Sri Lanka, on 16 September 2024 (Buddhika Weerasinghe/Bloomberg via Getty Images) That is just one of the platforms ...

People wait in line to enter a polling station during voting in Sri Lanka's presidential election in Colombo on September 21, 2024. ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP via Getty Images ...

When Sri Lanka heads to the polls on 21 September in the country’s first presidential election since its 2022 economic meltdown, the economy will be the key issue for voters. The election will serve ...

Image source, Getty Images. ... Polls have closed in Sri Lanka's election, where voters are choosing a new president for the first time since mass protests unseated the country's leader in 2022.