5 Facts About Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Man Likely To Become Sri Lanka President
Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake has taken a commanding lead in the presidential election, winning approximately 53 per cent of the counted votes.
Marxist lawmaker Dissanayake claims he has won Sri Lankan presidential race
Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won the Sri Lankan presidential election, according to data released by the Election Commission Sunday. Mr Dissanayake secured victory over opposition leader Sajith Premadasa and incumbent liberal President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who took over the country two years ago after its economy hit bottom.
Who is Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Sri Lanka's new president
Anura Kumara Dissanayake, has been elected as Sri Lanka's next President after the first elections since the country's economic crisis.
Sri Lanka elections: How Marxist leader Dissanayake’s win reflects frustration with establishment politics
It is not surprising that the leftist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party won elections for the first time in Sri Lankan history, given recent events in the country. President-elect Dissanayake emerged as a challenger to the political elite,
Who is Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the Marxist who has emerged as a lead contender in Sri Lanka’s elections?
The upcoming Sri Lankan presidential elections feature many old and popular names. However, one among them stands out — Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the leader of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party.
Sri Lanka presidential election goes to historic second count
In a historic first, Sri Lanka’s presidential election went into a second round of counting after no candidate secured over 50% vote needed to be declared the winner.
PM Modi congratulates Sri Lanka's Dissanayake for winning presidential elections
Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake was declared the winner of the Sri Lankan presidential election by the country's Election Commission after an unprecedented second round of counting of votes.
Anura Kumara Dissanayake is Sri Lanka’s new President
Dissanayake, head of the once-fringe Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, has clinched Sri Lanka’s presidency, turning the page on decades of political struggle and marking a dramatic shift in the country’s power dynamics.
In a political paradigm shift, Sri Lanka leans to the left
But with many having labelled the left-leaning politician as a strong frontrunner in the run-up to the poll, his win was not a massive surprise for Sri Lankans. The 55-year-old Dissanayake heads the National People’s Power (NPP) alliance,
Sri Lanka's Marxist-Leaning Dissanayake in Early Lead to Become President
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 Lankan election heads into run-off with leftist outsider in the lead
Sri Lanka’s presidential election has headed into a run-off, with leftist outsider Anura Kumara Dissanayake leading the vote count but failing to pass the 50 per cent threshold needed for an outright victory in the south Asian country’s first election since it fell into default.
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Sri Lanka: The National People's Power (NPP) candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake cast his vote
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Know more about Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake
Anura Kumara Dissanayake, 56, leads the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and the 2019-formed broad alliance, the ...