Sri Lanka's election commission declared a previously fringe Marxist politician the country's president-elect on Sunday after ...

Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Sunday was declared winner of the Sri Lankan presidential election by the country's Election Commission after an unprecedented second round of counting of ...

Dissanayake pledged to change the island's "corrupt" political culture. The nation's battered economy took centre stage ...

Sri Lanka elected Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake as its new president on Sunday, putting faith in the 55-year-old's ...

In a historic first, Sri Lanka's presidential election on Sunday went into a second round of counting after no candidate ...

According to the commission's website, 55-year-old Dissanayaka secured 42.31% of the votes in the election held on Saturday.

Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayaka on Sunday won the presidential election in Sri Lanka defeating incumbent Ranil ...

Under normal circumstances, the victory of Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Sri Lanka's presidential election would have been ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake has been elected as Sri Lanka's new president, becoming the first Marxist leader in the country's ...

Sri Lanka's presidential election has progressed to a second round of counting for the first time, as no candidate reached ...

Sri Lankan authorities begin a second round of vote counting to determine the next president. Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara ...