COLOMBO -- Sri Lanka's National People's Power (NPP) party, led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, won Thursday's parliamentary election in a landslide, paving the way for the new president to push his policies.
Voters bury established parties in general election landslide
Sri Lanka's President and National People's Power party leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake shows his ink-marked finger after voting in the parliamentary election in Colombo on Nov.14. © Reuters
COLOMBO -- Sri Lanka's National People's Power (NPP) party, led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, won Thursday's parliamentary election in a landslide, paving the way for the new president to push his policies.