Sri Lanka elects left-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake as president | ABC News

Left-leaning candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayake has clinched victory in Sri Lanka’s presidential election after a historic two rounds of counting. Mr Dissanayake, whose Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna party has Marxist tendencies, will become the country’s first elected head of state since mass protests toppled leader Gotabaya Rajapaksa in 2022.

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