For the first time ever, it could produce a winner who fails to gain a majority of votes. Either a victory or a narrow defeat of the leftist NPP’s candidate could stoke tensions. Should either the NPP ...

A total of 38 candidates are running in this election, including prominent figures such as Sajith Premadasa of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) party and Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the Janatha ...

There were, however, two deaths that occurred at polling stations. At the Seevali polling centre in Ratnapura, a Samagi Jana Balawegaya polling agent died of a heart attack, while in Polonnaruwa, a ...

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

The first postal vote result is likely to be out before midnight, Sri Lanka's Election Commission announced after the conclusion of voting in the Presidential election, on Saturday.

National People’s Power (NPP) candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake has obtained the highest number of postal votes in the Colombo District ...

Polling concluded in Sri Lanka on Saturday with no violence or security breaches reported anywhere from all 22 electoral ...

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe and candidate Namal Rajapaksa voted in the 2024 presidential election, crucial for ...

Sri Lankans are voting for a new president in the first election since mass protests sparked by the country's worst-ever ...

Sri Lanka went to the polls on Saturday for a presidential election, which could impact the country's future after a severe ...

Namal Rajapaksa, the presidential candidate and son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, cast his vote in the 2024 Sri ...

Tamils are Sri Lanka's largest minority group & usually vote as one block, but this time their vote is fractured. Plus, the 3 ...