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Anura Kumara Dissanayake Becomes Sri Lanka’s President

Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, securing 42.31 per cent of the vote, according to official results announced Sunday.

The 55-year-old leader of the People’s Liberation Front (JVP), a left-wing coalition, claimed victory on Sunday, even before the full results were officially released. “This victory belongs to all of us,” he said in a post on X, as the Election Commission confirmed his lead.

Dissanayake is expected to be sworn in Monday at Colombo’s colonial-era Presidential Secretariat. His rise to power signals a rejection of the political establishment blamed for the country’s economic downfall. The victory also represents a major turnaround for the JVP, which had received just over 3 per cent of the vote in the 2019 presidential election.

The election, held on Saturday, saw a voter turnout of 76 per cent, with 17 million Sri Lankans eligible to cast their ballots.

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