Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's party is celebrating a landslide win in the country's parliamentary election.
The Sri Lanka Podujana Party (SLPP) secured a two-thirds “super majority” by winning 145 of the 225 seats in the Aug. 5 poll. It also gained five seats from its allies.
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Sri Lanka: Ruling Party Posts Landslide Election Victory
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