Colombo, Nov 15, 2024 (AFP) - Sri Lanka president's party headed for landslide: early results

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New Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's party was set for a landslide victory in snap legislative elections, initial results showed Friday. With more than half the ballots in Thursday's parliamentary elections counted, Dissanayake's National People's Power (NPP) coalition party had taken an unassailable lead with 63 percent of votes, Election Commission results showed. Friday's results showed the NPP, which had only three seats in the......

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