Sri Lanka’s Leftist Party Exponentially Improves Its Electoral Performance – Analysis

In the Sri Lankan Presidential election held on September 21, the candidate of the leftist National Peoples Power (NPP), Anura Kumara Dissanayake, just scraped through. But in the parliamentary elections held on November 14, his party, the NPP, romped home with a stunning two thirds majority.

Sri Lanka's only major leftist...