Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s National People’s Power Party won at least 123 of the 225 seats in parliament, according to partial results released by the Elections Commission.

Colombo: Sri Lanka's National People's Power of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Thursday secured a majority in parliament, according to official results announced by the elections commission. The NPP contesting under the Malimawa (compass) symbol secured 123 seats out of the 171 declared seats,

Sri Lanka’s newly elected Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has secured a parliamentary majority, official election results confirmed on Friday, reported AP. The victory grants Dissanayake’s party a strong mandate to push forward his economic revival agenda.