Ranil Wickramasinghe is elected as the new President
Ranil Wickramasinghe has been elected as the 8th Executive President of Sri Lanka.
Parliamentary General Secretary Dhammika Dasanayake announced that he has been elected after obtaining 134 votes in the poll held in Parliament this morning.
The other candidates, Dallas Alahapperuma, got 82 votes and Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake got 3 votes.