Anura kumara Dissanayake was declared the 9th President of Sri Lanka after a historical second count of preferential votes.
Left-leaning politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka’s presidential election after a historic second round of counting.
No candidate won more than 50% of the total votes in the first round, where Dissanayake got 42.31% while his closest rival, opposition leader Sajith Premadasa, got 32.76%.
But Dissanayake, who promised voters good governance and tough anti-corruption measures, emerged as the winner after the second count, which tallied voters’ second and third-choice candidates.
Meanwhile, Ranil Wickramasinghe left office and paved the way for a peaceful transition of power.
Source: BBC
