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   Sep 22, 2024 · Left-leaning politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka’s presidential election after a historic second round of counting. No candidate won more than 50% of the total votes in the ...

2. www.ctvnews.ca › world › marxist-dissanayake-winsSri Lanka election: Marxist lawmaker Anura Dissanayake wins ...

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   Sep 22, 2024 · Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, the Election Commission announced Sunday, after voters rejected the old political guard that has been widely...

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4. www.latimes.com › world-nation › storyMarxist Dissanayake wins Sri Lanka's presidential election ...

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   Sep 22, 2024 · COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, according to data released Sunday by the Election Commission, as voters rejected the...

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   Sep 22, 2024 · Marxist candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka’s first presidential election since the country’s 2022 economic collapse.

6. www.cnn.com › 2022/07/20 › asiaSri Lanka: Ranil Wickremesinghe elected as President by ... - CNN

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   Jul 20, 2022 · Sri Lankan lawmakers on Wednesday elected former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as President of the crisis-hit South Asian country, in a move likely to anger protesters who have...

7. www.pbs.org › newshour › worldAnura Kumara Dissanayake elected president of Sri Lanka as ...

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   Sep 22, 2024 · COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, the Election Commission announced Sunday, after voters rejected the old...

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   Who won Sri Lanka's 2022 presidential election?

   • Dissayanake was declared the winner Sunday evening, after the second count, receiving more than 5.7 million votes, according to Sri Lanka's election commission. Sri Lanka's independent presidential candidate Ranil Wickremesinghe, one of three men vying for office, was elected by parliament as president in 2022.

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   Who won Sri Lanka's presidential election?

   • Left-leaning politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka’s presidential election after a historic second round of counting. No candidate won more than 50% of the total votes in the first round, where Dissanayake got 42.31% while his closest rival, opposition leader Sajith Premadasa, got 32.76%.

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   How important was the election in Sri Lanka?

   • The most important California stories and recommendations in your inbox every morning. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. The election was crucial as Sri Lanka seeks to recover from the worst economic crisis in its history and the resulting political upheaval.

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   Is Sri Lanka taking a left turn?

   • Sri Lankan politics is taking a left turn, with Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake appearing to have a majority of votes in the country's first presidential election since the country's economic collapse two years ago.

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   How does the Sri Lankan election system work?

   • Under the Sri Lankan election system that allows voters to select three candidates in the order of their preference, the top two are retained and the ballots of the eliminated candidates are checked for preferences given to either of the top two vote-getters. The one with the highest number of votes is declared the winner.

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   Who is Sri Lanka's closest competitor?

   • His closest competitor —Sajith Premadasa, the opposition leader — was trailing the frontrunner by about 10 percentage points. Under Sri Lanka's preferential ballot system, in which voters can tick their second and third choices, officials started a second count for the first time in the country's history.

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9. apnews.com › article › sri-lanka-presidentialMarxist Dissanayake wins Sri Lanka's presidential election as ...

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   Sep 23, 2024 · Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, according to data released by the Election Commission Sunday, as voters rejected the old political guard that has been widely accused of pushing the South Asian nation toward economic ruin.