Millions of Sri Lankans are voting on Thursday in snap parliamentary elections, weeks after the election of left-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake as president. More than 17 million voters are eligible to cast their ballots,

Over 17 million Sri Lankans will have the chance to vote for the country's tenth Parliament election weeks after Anura Kumara

Sri Lanka holds a snap election on Thursday which will determine if the South Asian island nation wants to empower its new, leftist President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to push his anti-poverty policies as it recovers from a financial meltdown.

Sri Lanka votes in a snap general election on Thursday, called by new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to secure a majority in parliament to back his policies in the island nation struggling to reco

The voting started at 7 a.m. local time and will go until 4 p.m. More than 17.1 million voters are eligible to cast their votes. The new Parliament will be convened on November 21. The elected parliamentarians are expected to be declared by November 15 (Friday) if the counting process goes smoothly, Election Commission officials have said.

Colombo: Sri Lanka is set to hold its parliamentary election on Thursday with all arrangements in place to ensure a fair and transparent process, a top election commission official has

Sri Lanka’s new president has called for a snap general election today. Anura Dissanayake, 55, who took power in September on the back of public anger over the island’s 2022 economic meltdown, dissolved parliament on September 24,

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka will vote in a snap general election on Thursday, called by new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to secure a majority in parliament to back his policies in the island nation struggling to recover from a crushing financial crisis.

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is looking to consolidate his party’s power in Thursday’s parliamentary election to help him implement his election pledges to solve the country’s economic woes and foster good governance.

Sri Lankans are voting in a parliamentary election that's key for their new, Marxist-leaning president to consolidate his party’s power and follow through on promises of economic recovery