Colombo, May 7, 2025 (AFP) - Sri Lanka ruling party heads for local council win

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2025-05-07

Sri Lanka's leftist government headed for victory at local council elections but with reduced margins, in its first test since sweeping national polls last year, early results showed on Wednesday. President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's coalition was leading in a majority of councils declared in Tuesday's local government elections, but fell short of an outright majority in many of them. Out of 258 declared of the 339 councils by Wednesday morning,......

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