Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake clinched a sweeping election victory, promising transformative leftist policies. With a two-thirds parliamentary majority, he faces the significant challenge of guiding the country through its worst financial crisis since gaining independence in 1948,

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's leftist coalition has won a landslide victory in the country's snap parliamentary polls.Dis

This would give Dissanayake sweeping powers to even abolish the contentious executive presidency as he has planned.

Sri Lanka's National People's Power, led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, won a historic parliamentary victory, securing a two-thirds majority. The NPP won 159 of 225 seats, including the Northern Jaffna district,

Sri Lanka's National People's Power of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Thursday secured a majority in parliament, according to official results

Sri Lanka began counting votes cast on Thursday in a snap general election that will decide if the Indian Ocean island nation will give its new leftist president greater legislative power to help the poor as it recovers from a financial meltdown.

New Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s party won a landslide victory on Friday after snap legislative elections.

The NPP contesting under the Malimawa (compass) symbol secured 113 seats in the 225 member assembly, data released by the elections commissions website showed

According to the Election Commission results, Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s National People’s Power Party has won at least 123 of the 225 seats in Parliament.

Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake secured a decisive victory in the snap general election, with his National People’s Power (NPP) party winning a majority to push forward his reform agenda.