(22 Sep 2024)
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Colombo, Sri Lanka – 22 September 2024
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1. Various of lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake arriving and departing Sri Lanka’s presidential election commission in Colombo
STORYLINE:
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.
Shortly before the announcement, Dissanayake was seen arriving at Sri Lanka’s presidential election commission in Colombo.
Dissanayake, whose pro-working class and anti-political elite campaigning made him popular among youth, secured victory over opposition leader Sajith Premadasa and incumbent liberal President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who took over the country two years ago after its economy hit bottom.
Dissanayake received 5,740,179 votes, followed by Premadasa with 4,530,902, Election Commission data showed.
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