Colombo: The ruling National People's Power party led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is poised for a sweeping victory in the Sri Lankan parliamentary election held on Thursday. As of 11 pm local time,

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, whose Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party had just three seats in the outgoing assembly, hopes to get a clear majority. He was elected on a promise to combat corruption and restore stability after the island's worst ever economic crisis. The high cost of living is still a key issue for many voters.

Sri Lanka’s new leftist president aims for a parliament majority in early elections, promising economic reform and anti-corruption action.

Sri Lanka’s new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake was confident of a victory as polls closed in Thursday’s (Nov 14) snap legislative elections. Read more at The Business Times.

Millions of Sri Lankans thronged the polling stations across the country to elect a new parliament for a five-year term, as turn out crossed the 60% mark in several districts, including capital Colombo, local English news website Newswire reported.

First parliamentary elections since economic crisis Polls have closed in Sri Lanka, where people have been voting in snap parliamentary elections. The new President called the election hoping to secure a majority in parliament to back his policies.

We urge workers, students, youth and rural poor to vote for the SEP in this election to express their support for our international socialist perspective and on that basis prepare for the class struggles ahead.

Sri Lankans are voting 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

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's promise to hold corrupt officials accountable has fueled his public support.

Sri Lanka holds a snap election on Thursday which will determine if the South Asian island nation wants to empower its new, leftist President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to push his anti-poverty policies as it recovers from a financial meltdown.