Summary
- Anura Kumara Dissanayake wins the presidential run-off election in Sri Lanka
- First election since the country’s 2022 economic crisis
- Dissanayake secures 42.3% of votes, defeating incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe and opposition leader Sajith Premadasa
- Sri Lankans put faith in Dissanayake’s pledge to fight corruption and improve the economy