Snap Sri Lankan election poses test for new leader
People in Sri Lanka are voting in snap parliamentary elections, barely seven weeks after choosing a new president. More than 8,800 candidates are in the fray in an election marked by a low-key campaign.
Sri Lanka votes in a parliamentary election that’s key for its new Marxist-leaning president
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.
Sri Lanka votes for new parliament as economic recovery hangs in balance
Sri Lanka began voting in a snap election on Thursday which will determine if the island nation wants to empower its new, leftist President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to push his pro-poor policies as it recovers from a financial meltdown.
Voting today in Sri Lanka’s crucial parliamentary election, results on Friday
Sri Lanka holds a crucial parliamentary election as newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake aims to consolidate power and revive the economy
Why Sri Lanka’s Parliamentary Election Is Vital For Marxist-Inclined President Anura Dissanayake?
Sri Lankans on Thursday began casting their ballots in a snap parliamentary election widely considered to be a chance for the new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to secure an imperative mandate for his pro-poor policies.
Sri Lanka election: President Anura Kumara Dissanayake seeks increased parliamentary strength
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.
Sri Lankan president seeks party win in parliamentary election to help him push his economic reforms
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is looking to consolidate his party’s power in Thursday’s parliamentary election to help him implement his election pledges to solve the country’s economic woes and foster good governance.
Sri Lanka votes in parliamentary election in President Dissanayake’s first test; results tomorrow
Sri Lanka votes 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 reco
Sri Lanka election: security tight in key vote
Sri Lankans are voting in a key general election on Thursday (November 14), just two months after electing a rank outsider, Anuara Kumara Dissanayake as President.
Sri Lanka Leader Seeks to Bolster Power With Parliamentary Vote
Sri Lanka holds its first parliamentary elections since the victory of its outsider leftist president, in a test of his ambitious pledges to combat corruption and rewrite an unpopular International Monetary Fund loan program.
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Voting begins in Sri Lanka's parliamentary election that is key for its new, Marxist-leaning president
Voting begins in Sri Lanka's parliamentary election that is key for its new, Marxist-leaning president.