For the first time in the country's history, Sri Lanka's presidential election has gone into a second round of counting after ...

The Marxist has campaigned on a pro-working class and anti-elite platform, which has proven popular with young people.

The National People's Power leader is on track to become the country's next president, after winning about 53 per cent of a million votes counted so far in the election. The National People's Power ...

Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake and opposition leader Sajith Premadasa headed to a run-off for Sri Lanka's ...

Sri Lanka's presidential election goes into 2nd round of vote counting for 1st time in history. Incumbent is eliminated ...

Dissanayake, 55, leads the left-leaning coalition National People’s Power, an umbrella of civil society groups, professionals, Buddhist clergy and students.

In an unexpected turn of events, Sri Lanka polls, Elections Commission Chairman RLAM Ratnayake announced a second preference count. This decision came after early trends showed Anura Kumara ...

Sri Lankans vote in a presidential election that will chart the country's future in recovery from its worst economic crisis ...

In a historic first, Sri Lanka’s presidential election went into a second round of counting after no candidate secured over ...

Presidential candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake has already won and there is no reason to panic, NPP MP Vijitha Herath said ...

Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake was leading Sri Lanka’s presidential election after knocking out the incumbent ...