Anura Kumara Dissanayake becomes ninth Executive President

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Anura Kumara Dissanayake was named the ninth Executive President of Sri Lanka after beating Sajith Premadasa in the country's first ever Presidential Election run-off with a margin of 1.2 million votes.

ANURA KUMARA DISSANAYAKE

Total votes 5,634,915

Preferences 105,264

Total 5,740,179

SAJITH PREMADASA

Total votes - 4,363,035

Preferences - 167,867

Total - 4,530,902

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