Sri Lanka votes for new parliament

Sri Lanka president eyes parliament win in snap election
COLOMBO: Sri Lankans were voting in snap parliamentary elections Thursday, with new leftist President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's party expected to secure
Sri Lanka Heads For Snap Elections Today, Results Likely On Friday
Sri Lanka votes today in a second national election in as many months with a deeply divided opposition struggling to recover from a crushing defeat at presidential polls.
Sri Lanka votes in snap polls, President's party expected to secure majority
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake hopes to grab two-thirds of the legislature's 225 seats to press ahead with reforms after the country's economic meltdown in 2022, when then-president Gotabaya Rajapaksa was ousted.
Sri Lanka election: Young candidates take to politics, herald generational shift in parliament
The voting population is increasingly vocal about breaking free from established political figures and their entrenched practices.
Voting begins in Sri Lanka's parliamentary election
COLOMBO: Voting in Sri Lanka's parliamentary poll started on Thursday to elect 225 members to the Parliament with President Anura Kumara Dissanyake seeking a majority.
Voting starts in Sri Lanka’s parliamentary poll amid call for new political culture
Voting in Sri Lanka’s parliamentary poll started on Thursday to elect 225 members to the parliament to govern the sovereign debt defaulted nation for the next five years amid calls for a new political culture without corruption and misappropriation of public funds.
Sri Lanka parliamentary elections 2024: What’s at stake?
Here is why the upcoming parliamentary election is so significant for newly-elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
Sri Lanka Parliamentary Elections First Major Test For Anura Kumara Dissanayake And Party
As many as 196 members are to be elected from the 22 districts based on the proportional representation system while 29 would be elected from the cumulative votes polled national list to provide a 225-member Parliament for a five-year term.
Factbox-How Sri Lanka Elects Its New Parliament
Sri Lanka will vote in a snap general election on Thursday, called by new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to secure a majority in parliament to back his policies in the island nation struggling to recover from a crushing financial crisis.
Sri Lanka set for parliamentary election on Thursday, all arrangements in place
Sri Lanka is set to hold on Thursday its snap parliamentary election – first after the 2022 economic crisis – amid deployment of nearly 90,000 security personnel across the country
Sri Lanka Goes To Snap Polls Tomorrow: How New Parliament Is Elected
Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake dissolved parliament on September 24 to clear the way for the general election, days after the Marxist-leaning leader was elected president on a platform for change.
Campaigning Winds Up In Sri Lanka Ahead Of Key Vote
Sri Lanka's political campaigning drew to a close Monday ahead of parliamentary polls that have turned into a referendum on ambitious plans to tackle corruption in the bankrupt nation.
Political tensions in Sri Lanka over entitlements for former presidents
A committee in Sri Lanka will review the privileges of former presidents, following President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s ...
Political sparring in Sri Lanka over privileges to ex-Presidents
"The Presidential Secretariat has noted recent media reports claiming that the security of former President Mahinda ...
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Stage set for parliamentary polls in Sri Lanka today
Sri Lanka is set to hold on Thursday its snap parliamentary ... is not contesting the parliamentary election for the first time since 1977. The Rajapaksa brothers - Mahinda, Gotabaya, Chamal ...