Sri Lanka Presidential Elections

Sri Lankan PM Gunawardena says presidential election still scheduled for 2024

Sri Lanka’s government had not discussed at any point the postponement of the presidential election ...

Ranil Wickremesinghe to contest presidential polls as independent candidate, says aide

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe will contest the Presidential election as an independent c...

Sri Lanka's Presidential polls: Ranil Wickremesinghe backed by grand alliance of more than 30 parties

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, the front runner in the Presidential poll scheduled for n...

In southern Sri Lanka, a chant for change this poll season

Buddhika Dissanayake says she has never had to think so hard before an election. “Earlier, we voted ...

Sri Lanka's JVP vows to cancel Adani energy project if elected

The Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) on Monday (September 16, 2024) vowed to cancel the Adani...

Sri Lanka’s disenchanted Tamils are divided this election

Sri Lanka’s northern Tamil voters are torn this presidential election, between a candidate who may w...

Sri Lanka to choose President in crucial contest on September 21 Sri Lanka elections: What are voters expecting?

Over 17 million Sri Lankans will have a chance to elect their next President on Saturday (September ...

Presidential election 2024 passes off peacefully in Sri Lanka

Sri Lankans gave their mandate to the country’s next leader in a peacefully held Presidential electi...

Sri Lankan presidential elections: Dissanayake on way to win, postal voting results suggest

National People's Power (NPP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake seems set to become Sri Lanka’s ninth ...

Who is Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the new President of Sri Lanka?

“100% sure.” That is what Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Sri Lanka’s President-elect, said days before th...

Sri Lanka presidential election goes to historic second count

In a historic first, Sri Lanka's presidential election on Sunday (September 22, 2024) went into a se...

Sajith Premadasa gets highest share of Tamil vote in Sri Lanka polls

Sri Lanka’s Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa, who lost to leftist leader Anura Kumara Dissanaya...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake sworn in; says he is no magician 

Sri Lanka’s newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Monday (September 23, 2024) promised...