Sri Lanka's National People's Power, led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, achieved a remarkable victory with a two-thirds majority in parliamentary elections. The party won 159 out of 225 seats,

According to the Election Commission results, Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s National People’s Power Party has won at least 123 of the 225 seats in Parliament.

Voters have handed Anura Kumara Dissanayake a significant win in a snap general election, giving its new leftist president greater legislative power to pursue policies to alleviate poverty.The party of Sri Lanka's new Marxist-leaning President Anura Kumara Dissanayake took a seemingly unassailable lead,