Anura Kumara Dissanayake Declared Winner of 2024 Presidential Election in Sri Lanka
22 Sep 2024 20:32 PM IST
Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of the leftist Janatha Vimukthi Peremuna party, has been declared the winner of the 2024 Presidential Election in Sri Lanka, according to the Election Commission. Dissanayake, 55, defeated Sajith Premadasa in the country’s first-ever presidential election run-off. Incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe was eliminated in the first