The outgoing parliament was dominated by Mahinda Rajapaksa's party, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), or People's Front, ...

Sri Lankans are voting in snap parliamentary elections on Thursday, with new leftist President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s ...

This would be the first major test of the popularity of the ruling party, National People’s Power, led by President Dissanyake Samagi Jana Sandanaya led by Sajith Premadasa, the Sri Lanka Podujana ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake hopes to grab two-thirds of the legislature's 225 seats to press ahead with reforms after ...

As many as 196 members are to be elected from the 22 districts based on the proportional representation system while 29 would ...

The Rajapaksa brothers — Mahinda, Gotabaya, Chamal and Basil — too are not contesting this election after decades-long ...

Sri Lankans are voting in snap parliamentary elections. President Dissanayake's National People's Power (NPP) party seeks a ...

President Aruna Kumara Dissanayake, who was elected as President in September, is seeking a majority so that most of the policies of his Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna can get parliamentary approval ...

Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Mahinda Rajapaksa, have stayed away from the polls, paving the way for scores of new faces to enter ...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is set to hold its parliamentary election on Thursday with all arrangements in place to ensure a fair and transparent process, a top election ...

The snap parliamentary elections were called by President Dissanayake after he won polls in September on a promise to combat ...

Sri Lanka votes to elect a new parliament this week in a snap general election called by its Marxist-leaning president who ...