The left-leaning alliance of Sri Lanka’s new leader has secured a landslide victory in the country’s snap parliamentary elections.
Official results show President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s National People’s Power (NPP) coalition scored a two-thirds majority in parliament, with 159 seats.
Dissanayake needed a clear majority to deliver on his promise to combat corruption and restore stability after the island’s worst-ever economic crisis.
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