Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Sajith Premadasa go forward after no candidates gained 50% in first round The Sri Lankan presidential election will be decided in a runoff, the country’s election body has said, after the top two candidates failed to win the mandatory 50% of votes to be declared winner...
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