In the Sri Lankan presidential election, 55-year-old leader of the leftist People’s Liberation Front party Anura Kumara Disanayake has been declared the winner of the election. Disanayake posted on X and wrote that this victory belongs to all of us.
In Sri Lanka’s presidential election, 55-year-old leader of the leftist People’s Liberation Front party Anura Kumara Dissanayake has been declared the winner. Dissanayake posted on X and wrote that this victory is for all of us. This was the first election in Sri Lanka after facing economic challenges and then political turmoil in the past years. Dissanayake played an important role in the movement against the government, and in this presidential election he got the fruits of the same support from the public, because in the last election Dissanayake’s party got only three percent votes. He is considered a supporter of China.
Announcing the election results, Sri Lanka’s Election Commission said that Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the People’s Liberation Front won the presidential election on Saturday with 42.31 percent votes. His opposition leader Sajith Premadasa came second with 32.76 percent votes. President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who took power after the country’s economic crisis, has not yet accepted defeat, but Foreign Minister Ali Sabry wrote on his social media handle that it is clear that Dissanayake has won the election. Ali Sabry said that although I campaigned heavily for Ranil Wickremesinghe, the people of Sri Lanka have taken their decision and I fully respect the public mandate for Dissanayake.