Anura Kumara Dissanayake elected president of Sri Lanka as …
WEB2 hours ago · Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake, whose pro-working class and anti-political elite campaigning made him popular among youth, won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, the Election ...
Marxist Leads Presidential Vote as Sri Lanka Rejects the Old Order
WEB16 hours ago · The Marxist candidate, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, led the early counting in Sri Lanka’s presidential elections on Sunday, riding a wave of popular anger at the established political order that ...
Sri Lanka's left-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake elected …
WEB5 hours ago · Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won the most votes in Sri Lanka's first presidential election since mass protests in 2022 saw the country's then president forced to flee and resign.
Who is Anura Dissanayake, the firebrand Marxist poised to be Sri …
WEB10 hours ago · ANURA KUMARA Dissanayake, a firebrand Marxist with humble beginnings, emerged as a frontrunner for the Sri Lankan President’s post, pushing out incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe in the first round, as the island nation began a historic second count on Sunday. ... His first test in electoral politics came in the 1998 Central Provincial Council ...
Marxist politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake leads Sri Lanka's ...
WEB19 hours ago · 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 ...
Who is Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the new President of Sri Lanka?
WEB5 hours ago · That is what Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Sri Lanka’s President-elect, said days before the September 21 election, when a visiting journalist asked if he could win the presidential race. His calm ...
Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake leads in Sri Lanka's ...
WEB9 hours ago · Leader and the presidential candidate of National People's Power Anura Kumara Dissanayake arrives at a polling station to cast his vote in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024.(AP)
Anura Kumara Dissanayake leads early Sri Lanka vote count
WEB15 hours ago · The first round, which saw the counting of people's primary choice of candidate, had Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a leftist politician in the lead with 42.31%. ... a political scientist at the Open ...
Sri Lanka Elections: Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) Wins …
WEB5 hours ago · Politics. Sri Lanka Leftist Wins Presidency After Vowing to Rejig IMF Deal Gift this article ... Anura Kumara Dissanayake had a commanding lead of about 42% of the votes in the first round of ...
Sri Lanka's Dissanayake a strong contender for president with his ...
WEBAug 27, 2024 · Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of National People’s Power alliance and its presidential candidate, says he’s serving those who were part of public protests that ousted then-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in 2022.
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