Sri Lanka’s leftist government won local council elections but with significantly lower margins, in its first test since sweeping national polls last year, official results showed on Wednesday.

Sri Lanka’s local government elections on May 6 have thrown up interesting results. Although the ruling National People’s Power (NPP) achieved a decisive victory by winning 266 out of 339 ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake casting his vote for the local government election on May 6 2025 [Photo: Sri Lanka President’s Media Division]. The fall in the JVP/NPP overall national vote ...

C ampaigning ends Wednesday night in the first provincial elections to be held in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province since the end of the civil war in 2009, with ballot choices for the area’s ...

Sri Lanka has experienced significant political change in recent times. The election of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in September 2024 and a parliamentary vote that followed in November ...

Sri Lanka has experienced significant political change in recent times. The election of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in September 2024 and a parliamentary vote that followed in November ...