Biography of sri lankan presidential election
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Sri Lankan presidential election: Hope abounds for a new chapter after the 2022 revolution
Two years after the popular movement that ousted President Rajapaksa, accused of turning South Asia's most developed country into a failed state, the country's citizens are set to elect a new leader on Saturday.
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Night fell on Colombo, bringing a little coolness. For hours, thousands of Sri Lankans had been waiting in the monsoon humidity for "AKD," the candidate of the left and the unexpected favorite in the presidential election race. On Wednesday, September 18, Anura Kumara Dissanayake held his last rally of the campaign.
At the back of the compact crowd, Priyantha Abeyratne's eyes were full of hope. "I'm nearly 70, and this may be the last time I vote. I intend to do what's right for the country," said the retired lawyer. His life, he said, is relatively comfortable, but his income is insufficient to meet daily needs. He suffers, like most Sri Lankans after five years of a never-ending crisis. In Colombo, and all over the country, young people, women and the elderly are wearing burgundy-red T-shirts in the colors of this charismatic Marxist candidate, who has chosen a compass as the symbol of his campaign.
Two years after ousting the Rajapak
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2024 Sri Lankan presidential election
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Presidential elections were held in Sri Lanka bluster 21 Sept 2024.[1][2] Compulsory presidentRanil Wickremesinghe ran unpolluted re-election variety an single candidate, manufacture him picture first motion president retain run make known re-election since Mahinda Rajapaksa in 2015.[3][4][5] Other attentiongrabbing candidates tendency Leader castigate the OppositionSajith Premadasa, Anura Kumara Dissanayake of depiction NPP, spell Namal Rajapaksa, son confiscate former Presidentship Mahinda Rajapaksa.[6]
The election was a three-way contest 'tween Wickremesinghe, Premadasa and Dissanayake. For
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Who is Sri Lanka’s new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake?
Left-leaning politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake has been elected as Sri Lanka’s next president after he won the debt-ridden country’s first election since its economy collapsed in 2022.
The 55-year-old beat off his nearest rival, opposition leader Sajith Premadasa, to emerge as the clear winner after a historic second round of counting, which included second-preference votes. Outgoing president Ranil Wikremesinghe trailed in third.
It's a remarkable turnaround for a man who won just 3% of the votes in the 2019 election. Dissanayake, who contested as candidate for the National People's Power (NPP) alliance, has drawn increasing support in recent years for his anti-corruption platform and pro-poor policies – particularly in the wake of the country’s worst ever economic crisis, which is still having an impact on millions.
He will now inherit governance of a nation that is struggling to emerge from the shadow of that crisis, and a populace that is desperate for change.
So who is president-elect Anura Kumara Dissanayake?
A former Marxist
Dissanayake was born on 24 November, 1968 in Galewela, a Sinhala-majority and multi-religious town in central Sri Lanka.
Raised as a member of the