Marxist Leads Presidential Vote as Sri Lanka Rejects the Old Order
WEB8 hours ago · Sept. 21, 2024, 11:09 p.m. ET. The Marxist candidate, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, led the early counting in Sri Lanka’s presidential elections on Sunday, riding a wave of popular anger at the ...
Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning Dissanayake leads presidential race
WEB12 hours ago · Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake was leading Sri Lanka's presidential election with half the votes counted on Sunday, seeming to knock out the incumbent for the chance to lead the heavily ...
Sri Lanka election: Marxist-leaning Dissanayake leads early vote …
WEB6 hours ago · 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. The election held Saturday is crucial as the country seeks to recover from the worst ...
Sri Lanka election results live: Dissanayake leads in presidential …
WEB6 hours ago · Votes are being counted in Sri Lanka’s presidential election, with Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake leading early official results, according to the Election Commission.; Dissanayake was ...
Sri Lanka votes in first election since protests ousted president
WEB1 day ago · BBC News. Reporting fromColombo. Sri Lankans will elect a new president in the first election since mass protests sparked by the country's worst-ever economic crisis unseated the leader in 2022 ...
A Tight Race in Sri Lanka Two Years After Its President Fled
WEB1 day ago · Sept. 21, 2024, 12:01 a.m. ET. Sri Lanka will hold a presidential election on Saturday for the first time since its strongman president fled the country two years ago in the face of protests over ...
Anura Kumara Dissanayake leads early Sri Lanka vote count - BBC
WEB7 hours ago · 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 ...
Sri Lankans vote in a presidential election that will decide how it ...
WEB1 day ago · COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankans began voting Saturday in a presidential election that will determine the course of the country’s recovery from its worst economic crisis and resulting political upheaval.. The election, contested by 38 candidates, is largely a three-way race among incumbent liberal President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Marxist-leaning lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake, and ...
Sri Lanka votes in first election since protests ousted leader - BBC News
WEB1 day ago · Updated 12:54 BST. 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. Saturday's ...
Officials begin counting votes after polls close in Sri Lanka’s ...
WEB18 hours ago · Related. Ahead of new election, many are still waiting for change after protests ousted Sri Lanka’s last president. By Sheikh Saaliq, Associated Press. How upcoming elections in South Asia will ...
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