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Sri Lanka president's coalition leads in early vote count, Ada Derana reports

Parliamentary election in Sri Lanka
November 14, 2024
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(Reuters) - Sri Lanka's president's coalition, the National People's Power (NPP) posted an early lead in a parliamentary election, local television channel Ada Derana said on Thursday.

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake called for snap a general election in September to seek a mandate to take forward his policies in the island nation struggling to emerge from a severe financial crisis.

(Reporting by Mrinmay Dey and Uditha Jayasinghe; Editing by Peter Graff)

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