Marxist-Leaning Party Wins Two-Thirds Majority in Sri Lanka's Parliament
Sri Lanka defaulted on $50 billion in external debt in 2022, pushing the populace towards an alternative candidate.
SRI LANKA POLLS: President’s leftist bloc wins by a landslide
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s leftist coalition won a thumping victory in a snap general election, gaining power to push through his plans to fight poverty and graft in the island nation recovering from a financial meltdown.
Sri Lanka parliamentary election: How the NPP won over country’s ethnic minorities
Sri Lanka's NPP coalition led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake secures historic electoral victory, resonating with ethnic minorities.
What Would It Mean For Sri Lanka Now That NPP Has Secured A 2/3 Majority In Parliament?
The National People's Power (NPP) party led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has secured a landslide victory in Sri Lanka's parliamentary ele
Sri Lankan President Dissanayake’s JVP/NPP wins a landslide victory in parliamentary elections
The working class will rapidly come into conflict with the JVP/NPP government, which while posturing as anti-establishment, is a right-wing communalist party committed to imposing IMF austerity.
Voting ends in Sri Lanka's parliamentary election that's key for its new Marxist-leaning president
Sri Lankans have voted in a parliamentary election that's key for their new, Marxist-leaning president to consolidate his party’s power and follow through on promises of economic recovery
Landslide win for new Sri Lankan president's left-leaning coalition
The left-leaning alliance of Sri Lanka's new leader has secured a landslide victory in the country's snap parliamentary elections. Official results show President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's National People's Power (NPP) coalition scored a two-thirds majority in parliament,
Meeting election pledges seen as challenge for Sri Lanka president despite parliamentary win
The parliamentary polls — held seven weeks after he emerged victorious in presidential voting — reinforced the remarkable shift in Sri Lankan politics, where mainstream parties that led the country for decades have been reduced to the margins as people put faith in a political outsider to bring about transformative change.
Sri Lanka's new Marxist leader wins huge majority
The left-leaning coalition of newly elected Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake won 159 of the legislature's 225 seats
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Sri Lanka’s tenth Parliament to welcome over 150 fresh faces as MPs
The 2024 parliamentary election has marked a historic shift in Sri Lanka’s legislature, with nearly 150 out of the 196 ...
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Historic Triumph: Sri Lanka's NPP Charts New Political Era
Sri Lanka's National People’s Power, led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, will establish a new Cabinet on Monday ...
Sri Lanka’s Reset
Sri Lanka has taken a decisive step toward reshaping its political and economic trajectory. The resounding victory of ...
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Sri Lanka’s new Cabinet to be sworn in today
The Cabinet Ministers of the new government are scheduled to be sworn in before President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at 10 ...
Why Sri Lankan workers must demand: Repudiate all foreign debt!
This demand is addressed not to the right-wing JVP/NPP government, parliament or the opposition parties—all of which are ...
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Sri Lanka's Political Shift: NPP's Historic Win in Jaffna
Sri Lanka's National People’s Power, led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, clinched a significant victory by winning the ...
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Reduction of cut-off point from 12.5 % to 5% in 1988 opened gates of Parliament to NPP – Zuhair
Amidst universal praise for the unprecedented confidence bestowed by the people of Sri Lanka on the National Peoples’ Power ...
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Sri Lanka NPP national list members named, Dilith from Sarvajana
Eighteen members from Sri Lanka's Lanka National People's Power have been declared elected by the Elections Commission in a ...