Leftist politician Anura Kumar Dissana has won the Sri Lankan presidential election, making history after the second round of calculations on Sunday evening.
Because, this was the first time in the history of Sri Lanka that the second round of the election was counted.
Earlier in the afternoon, no candidate got more than 50 percent of the total votes, in this round, Dissana had 42.31 percent of the vote, while his nearest rival, opposition leader Sajith Premadasa, got 32.76 percent of the vote.
On the other hand, the current president, Ranil Wickremesinghe, has only 17 percent of the vote, which is why he was in the third position, and therefore he did not have a chance to participate in the second round.
But Dissanake, who promised to take good governance and strict anti-corruption measures to the voters, was the second one who won the second round. In this round, the votes of the second and third favorite candidates will also be counted.
The first round of the first round on Sunday is not determined, this year's election is considered as one of the most competitive elections in the history of Sri Lanka.
Earlier, the elections were held on Saturday in the country, which was the first presidential election since the fall of the country's leader Gotabata Rajapaksa in the face of mass protests in 2022.
55 years for economic resurgence, he promised to work for the development of the country's manufacturing, agriculture and IT sectors, and he also promised to go with the IMF to get rid of the economic crisis. He has also promised to reduce the impact of the country's poor people.
1 crore 7 million voters cast their vote in this election on Saturday and the Election Commission said it was the most peaceful election in the country's history.
However, at night, the police announced a curfew, referring to ‘public safety’, which was on Sunday afternoon. be withdrawn.
Anura Kumar Dissana had promised the people of his country to take strict action and good governance against the people of the country, which was deeply affected by the economic crisis, which led to the sweeping of the Marxist people's fear of the Marxist people and the violent past.
The JVP is now part of the country's left-wing coalition National People's Power (NPP), which has gained wide popularity through a popular protest called Aragalaya 2022. In recent years, he has tried to moderate his party's hard leftist position.
Meanwhile, in the preliminary results of the polls on Sunday, he is coming to the leadership quickly. As a result, many high-ranking personalities, including the country's foreign minister, have already congratulated him, but he lost some votes as the polling continued, resulting in the second round of counting.
