A Marxist lawmaker leads the vote count in Sri Lanka’s presidential election
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake leads early official results in Sri Lanka’s presidential election, according to tallies released on Sunday by the Election Commission, but he is still short of the 50% needed for victory.
Dissanayake and Premadasa head to Sri Lanka presidential race runoff
COLOMBO: Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa and Marxist Anura Kumara Dissanayake headed to a run-off for Sri Lanka's presidency as winner to be decided with a second round of
Sri Lanka’s presidential election goes into 2nd round of vote counting for 1st time in history
The election, contested by 38 candidates, was largely a three-way race between Dissanayake, Wickremesinghe and opposition leader Sajith Premadasa.
Marxist-leaning Dissanayake leads early official vote count in Sri Lanka's presidential election
Marxist-leaning lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake leads early official results in Sri Lanka's presidential election, according to tallies released on Sunday by the Election Commission, but he is still short of the 50% needed for victory.
Marxist Leads Presidential Vote as Sri Lanka Rejects the Old Order
Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s strong showing reveals voter weariness with leadership that has led to a national economic crisis and crushing hardship for many people.
Vote count underway in Sri Lanka’s presidential election after years of turmoil
Sri Lankans are voting in a presidential election that will determine the course of the country’s recovery from its worst economic crisis and resulting political upheaval.
Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning Dissanayake in early lead to become president
COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning leader, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, grabbed a commanding early lead on Sunday in his bid to become the next president of the debt-ridden country seeking to elect a leader to bolster its fragile economic recovery.
SRI LANKA-COLOMBO-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Election officials carry ballot boxes a day before the presidential election in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sept. 20, 2024. Sri Lanka's presidential election will take place on Sept. 21 with over 17 million registered voters to elect the South Asian country's president for the next five years.
Sri Lanka's Dissanayake and Premadasa head to presidential race runoff
By Uditha Jayasinghe and Sudipto Ganguly COLOMBO (Reuters) -Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake and opposition leader Sajith Premadasa headed to a run-off for Sri Lanka's presidency on Sunday, the election body said,
Marxist leader leads Sri Lankan presidential race as Ranil Wickremesinghe is ousted
In a three-way contest with incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe and opposition leader Sajith Premadasa, Mr Dissanayake took the most votes in the first round of counting but fell short of clearing the threshold of 50 percent to win outright.
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