Despite its electoral setback, the ruling JVP/NPP will use the election results to ruthlessly implement IMF austerity and suppress the growing popular opposition of the working people.

Sri Lanka's delayed local council elections underway, testing ruling NPP led by President Dissanayake, with over 17.1 million eligible voters.

Over 75,000 candidates from 49 political parties and 257 independent groups are contesting for 4-year terms in the local elections.

On October 15, data from the Election Commission of Sri Lanka showed that the National People’s Power (NPP) coalition scored a decisive victory in Sri ...

After parliamentary elections, Sri Lanka’s new president now has a commanding majority to pass his reform agenda.

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 Gampaha, Sri Lanka, Monday, Nov. 11 ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankans voted in a parliamentary election Thursday that is key for the country’s new, Marxist-leaning president to consolidate his party’s power and follow ...

The parliamentary election in Sri Lanka on 14 November, called by new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake to bolster legislative support for his policies, could set the tone for addressing the ...

As the first election since Sri Lanka’s default and the ensuring economic crisis in 2022, Dissanayake’s victory is an important clue about the country’s new political scene.

On September 22, 2024, the Sri Lankan election authority announced that Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)-led National ...

Sri Lanka's new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has dissolved parliament and called for a parliamentary election in an effort to consolidate his mandate following his weekend election victory.