Sri Lanka votes in presidential election
Sri Lanka set to vote in presidential election on Saturday, Rani Wickremesinghe seeks re-election: Key points
The voting in Sri Lanka presidential elections 2024 will take place between 7 am to 5 pm on Saturday, September 21, at over 13,400 polling stations.
Protests ousted Sri Lanka’s last president. Ahead of new election, many are still waiting for change
Wickremensignhe’s main challengers — opposition leader Sajith Premadasa and parliamentarian Anura Dissanayake, a surprise top contender who heads a new leftist coalition — have promised major political changes, including renegotiating a deal with the International Monetary Fund to win more favorable terms.
Electronic voting for Sri Lanka in future
Chairman of the Election Commission of Russia Shevchenko Evgenii who is part of an election monitoring mission in Sri Lanka offered insights on electronic voting to be adopted in Sri Lanka instead of paper ballots.
Sri Lanka to vote in first poll since economic collapse
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka will vote for its next president Saturday in an effective referendum on an unpopular International Monetary Fund austerity plan enacted after the island nation's unprecedented financial crisis.
What's at stake in Sri Lanka's first presidential vote since its economic meltdown?
Sri Lanka will hold its presidential election Sept. 21 in a crucial vote that will decide the future course of the South Asian nation still struggling to recover from its economic collapse in 2022, which provoked mass protests and forced the former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee the country and later resign.
Sri Lanka to vote on Saturday in first poll since economic collapse
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka will vote for its next president on Saturday in an effective referendum on an unpopular International Monetary Fund (IMF) austerity plan enacted after the island nation’s unprecedented financial crisis.
Voting ends in Sri Lanka to choose a president and a way out of years of turmoil
Vote counting is underway in Sri Lanka’s presidential election as it seeks to recover from the worst economic crisis and political upheaval
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