“At stake is the ability of newly-elected President Dissanayake to pursue the ambitious agenda that won him election in September,” Alan Keenan, a senior consultant on Sri Lanka for the ...

COLOMBO, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka will vote in a snap general election on Thursday, called by new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to secure a majority in parliament to back his policies in ...

None of the 38 candidates in the election are women, though Sri Lanka gave the world its first female PM – Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike – in 1960. Polls suggest Dissanayake could be ...

However, during the 2024 Presidential Poll ... A record 38 contenders vied for Sri Lanka's presidency. For the first time in the country's history, election officials counted the second-preference ...

Voting Ends in Sri Lanka's Parliamentary Election That's Key for Its New Marxist-Leaning President COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankans voted in a parliamentary election Thursday that is key ...

COLOMBO, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe became the first candidate to officially register for the presidential election on Sept. 21, in which almost 17 ...

Sri Lanka election 2024: This is Sri Lanka's first election after its economy collapsed in 2022 and holds importance for India amid growing influence of China. The island nation of Sri Lanka will ...

2024. After casting his own... Sri Lankan president and the leader of National People's Power Anura Kumara Dissanayake arrives for a public rally ahead of Thursday's parliamentary election in ...

OLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Voting ended in Sri Lanka’s presidential election Saturday as the country seeks to recover from the worst economic crisis in its history and the resulting political upheaval.

Here is how the election will be held, what the top candidates are promising - and what's at stake for the nation of 22 million people. What time does the polling start in Sri Lanka? The voting ...