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Sri Lanka polls: Anura Kumara Dissanayake leads in first round of counting with 42.31 pc votes
After Elections Commission Chairman RLAM Ratnayake announced a second preference count for Sri Lankan presidential elections, National People’s Power (NPP) candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake, topped ...
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Sri Lanka's Dissanayake in early lead to become president
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's Marxist-leaning leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake grabbed a commanding early lead on Sunday (Sep 22) in ...
The Daily Mirror45m
AKD wins 15 out 22 districts; receives 5.6 million votes in first round
Anura Kumara Dissanayake swept the 15 of the 22 districts at the end of the first round of counting at the Presidential ...
Sri Lanka Presidential Election: Counting underway, Dissanayake leads, Premadasa closing in
Polls closed in Sri Lanka's first election since the economic collapse, and the counting of votes is underway. Millions of voters cast their votes to select a leader who will face the task of bolsteri ...
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Once-fringe Marxist Dissanayake poised for Sri Lanka presidency
A once-fringe Marxist politician was poised to become Sri Lanka's next leader Sunday as discontent over the country's ...