The Marxist has campaigned on a pro-working class and anti-elite platform, which has proven popular with young people.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake was leading Sri Lanka’s presidential election after ...

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

Marxist-leaning lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake leads early official results in Sri Lanka’s presidential election, ...

By Uditha Jayasinghe and Sudipto Ganguly COLOMBO (Reuters) -Marxist-leaning Anura Kumara Dissanayake and opposition leader ...

The election, contested by 38 candidates, was largely a three-way race between Dissanayake, Wickremesinghe and opposition ...

Sri Lanka's presidential election has advanced to a second round for the first time in history as no candidate achieved over ...

Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake is on course to become Sri Lanka’s next president Sunday, according to results ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake from the National People's Power leads Sri Lanka's presidential election with a significant margin, ...

The Election Commission of Sri Lanka has announced a second preference count after no candidate secured over 50% of the votes in the presidential election. Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Sajith ...

For the first time in Sri Lanka's history, the vote counting has gone into the second round after no single candidate managed ...

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a Marxist-leaning candidate, is leading Sri Lanka's presidential election with 40% of the votes ...