An independent body called the Election Commission of Sri Lanka (ECSL) oversees the election. About 17 million people out of Sri Lanka’s 22-million population are eligible to vote.

Supporters of Sri Lanka's president, Ranil Wickremesinghe, play carrom inside an election campaign office ahead of the Sept. 21 presidential election in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sept. 16, 2024 ...

Protests ousted Sri Lanka’s last president. Ahead of new election, many are still waiting for change Former protesters are having a hard time coming together behind a candidate.

Sri Lankan show their baby fingers marked with an indelible ink after casting their vote at a polling center for presidential election in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024.

Sri Lanka’s presidential election a test for current leader, 2 years after its economy hit bottom A bird flies past gantry cranes working at the Colombo port, Sri Lanka, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024.

Colombo, Sri Lanka — Transport a Sri Lankan citizen from the early 1990s to the past week of the island’s politics, and you may just break their brain. Back then, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna ...

Sri Lanka will vote in a snap general election on Thursday, called by new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to secure a majority in parliament to back his policies in the island nation struggling ...

Two of the front-runners in Sri Lanka’s presidential election were the sons of former presidents. A third contender, the incumbent, was the nephew and political heir of yet another president.

Not one of the 38 contenders in Sri Lanka's presidential election this month is a woman, a stark contrast in the Indian Ocean island where women make up more than half the voters and the workforce.

The Court of Appeal this week has prolonged its temporary injunction halting the Sri Lanka Automobile Sports (SLAS) election, pending further proceedings. Appeal Court judges Rohantha Abeysuriya and K ...