Colombo: Sri Lanka's National People's Power of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Thursday secured a majority in parliament, according to official results announced by the elections commission. The NPP contesting under the Malimawa (compass) symbol secured 123 seats out of the 171 declared seats,

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), a formerly marginal communist party, has secured a stunning two-thirds majority in Sri Lanka’s parliament, winning 160 seats and marking the first such victory under proportional representation.

Sri Lanka's new Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's party secured a parliamentary majority, winning at least 123 out of 225 seats. This victory provides a strong mandate for Dissanayake's economic revival program,