Sri Lanka Polls

Sri Lankan presidential elections: Former defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa takes early lead in polls with 52.87% votes, housing minister trails with 39.67%

Sri Lanka's former wartime defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa took an early lead Sunday in a fiercely fought presidential election conducted under high security seven months after deadly Islamist attacks

Sri Lanka elections: Lauded for crushing civil war, condemned for 'war crimes', Rajapaksa clan eyes another shot at power as Gotabaya among top contenders in presidential polls

Sri Lankans voted Saturday for a new president in what could mark a comeback for the Rajapaksa clan, lauded by supporters for crushing the Tamil Tigers but condemned by critics for war crimes, corruption and cosying up to China

Sri Lanka presidential polls today: Despite 35 candidates in fray, voters face difficult task of picking 'lesser of two evils'

Even though there are 35 candidates in the fray for the Sri Lanka presidential election, the election has come down to a race between two candidates — Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Sajith Premadasa

Sri Lanka to elect new president on 16 Nov: Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Sajith Premdasa emerge frontrunners; security, corruption dominate polls

Sri Lanka is set to vote in a presidential election on 16 November at a time when the economy is growing at its slowest in 18 years, and the country is still reeling from militant bomb attacks in April.

Flanked by handful of supporters, Rajapaksa says he'll enter poll fray to run for Sri Lanka parliament

Ending months of speculation, Sri Lanka's vanquished former president Mahinda Rajapaksa on Wednesday announced his return to electoral politics, saying he will lead an opposition faction during the general elections in August.

Sri Lanka expels RAW Colombo chief for allegedly helping oust Mahinda Rajapaksa

Sri Lanka expelled the Colombo station chief of India's spy agency in the run-up to this month's presidential election, political sources said.

Sri Lanka: Maithripala's win is good news for India, but we shouldn't celebrate yet

Prima facie, the stunning and unexpected defeat of Mahinda Rajapaksa may be seen as a strategic victory of sorts for India and a setback to China.

President Pranab congratulates Maithripala Sirisena for his victory in Sri Lanka polls

President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday congratulated Maithripala Sirisena on his election as President of Sri Lanka.

Lanka opposition wants international observers for polls

Sri Lanka's main opposition party today called for the deployment of international observers to monitor the provincial council elections in September in the Tamil-dominated north.