Anura Kumara Dissanayake Wins Sri Lanka's Presidential Election

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Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a left-leaning leader, has won Sri Lanka's presidential election.** This victory comes after mass protests in 2022, which saw the unseating of Sri Lanka's then leader, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, amid the country's worst economic crisis. Dissanayake, who leads the National People's Power coalition, secured 42% of the votes counted, followed by opposition leader Sajith Premadasa with 32% and incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe at 17%. **Dissanayake's pro-working class and anti-political elite campaigning made him popular among youth, helping him come a long way since the presidential elections in 2019, where he won just over 3% of the votes.

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