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Presidential elections were held in Sri Lanka on 21 September 2024. [1] [2] Incumbent president Ranil Wickremesinghe ran for re-election as an independent candidate, making him the first sitting president to run for re-election since Mahinda Rajapaksa in 2015.
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22 September – 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election: The second round concludes, with NPP candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake being declared as president-elect of Sri Lanka. Dissanayake receives 55.89% of votes, defeating Sajith Premadasa with 44.11%. [116] 23 September Anura Kumara Dissanayake is inaugurated as the 10th President of Sri ...
COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lankans voted on Saturday in an election to pick a president who will face the task of bolstering the country's fragile economic recovery following its worst financial ...
Sri Lanka’s elections commission on Thursday accepted applications from a record 39 candidates to run in next month’s presidential election, which will decide the course of the country's ...
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe became the first candidate to officially register for the presidential election on Sept. 21, in which almost 17 million of ...
Ranil Wickremesinghe won the election with 134 votes and was elected as the ninth President of Sri Lanka. [5] The election, which was held amid a political crisis, [6] was the first time in the history of Sri Lanka that a vote took place in Parliament to elect a President. [a] [7]
Sri Lankans will vote on Saturday for their next president, who will be key to deciding the future of reforms in a nation slowly emerging from worst financial crisis in decades. A critical ...