Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Sajith Premadasa go forward after no candidates gained 50% in first roundThe Sri Lankan presidential election will be decided in a runoff, the country’s election body has said, after the top two candidates failed to win the mandatory 50% of votes to be declared winner.The Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake garnered the most votes in the first round of voting, with 39.5% of the counted ballots, while the opposition leader, Sajith Premadasa, finished second with 34%. Continue reading…
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Author : Reuters in Colombo
Publish date : 2024-09-22 10:34:43
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Sri Lankan presidential election to be decided in runoff vote count
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