economic collapse

An election official transports a sealed ballot box at the end of voting in Sri Lanka’s presidential election in Colombo.

Polls close in first Sri Lanka election since economic collapse

  • Turnout was at nearly 70 percent an hour before polling stations closed at 4:00 p.m. (1030 GMT)
  • President Ranil Wickremesinghe is fighting an uphill battle for a fresh mandate to continue belt-tightening measures that stabilized the economy
By AFP ·