COLOMBO: Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa and Marxist Anura Kumara Dissanayake headed to a run-off for Sri Lanka's presidency as winner to be decided with a second round of

Sri Lanka's presidential election has progressed to a second round of counting for the first time, as no candidate reached the required 50 percent threshold. Anura Kumara Dissanayake leads with 42.31 percent,

Sri Lankans are voting in a presidential election that will determine the course of the country’s recovery from its worst economic crisis and resulting political upheaval.

Dissanayake, head of the once-fringe Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, has clinched Sri Lanka’s presidency, turning the page on decades of political struggle and marking a dramatic shift in the country’s power dynamics.

In a historic first, Sri Lanka’s presidential election went into a second round of counting after no candidate secured over 50% vote needed to be declared the winner.

Sri Lanka's presidential election has advanced to a second round for the first time in history as no candidate achieved over 50% of the vote. Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the NPP leads with 39.52%, followed by Sajith Premadasa with 34.

President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa of Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) party and Namal Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) party cast their votes

Sri Lanka's 2024 presidential election went into a second round of counting after no candidate secured over 50% of the vote. Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Sajith Premadasa are leading, while incumbent president Ranil Wickremesinghe was eliminated.

Voting has ended Saturday in Sri Lanka’s presidential election as the country seeks to recover from the worst economic crisis in its history and the resulting political upheaval. The election, contested by 38 candidates,

Thirty-eight candidates are running for president of the Asian nation of Sri Lanka, which is still recovering from a 2022 economic collapse. Its incumbent president faces a tight race.