evidence: NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake gestures as he walks in to cast his vote at the 2024 Presidential election on Saturday which he won comfortably - Pic by Gayan Amarasekara The popular Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) will assume duties as Sri Lanka’s ninth Executive President today following a landmark victory in Saturday’s election, defeating incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe and Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa. [...] Almost mirroring his slogan "Ratama Anurata or the entire country is for Anura" urban and rural voters across the nation powered AKD’s victory as he proved that the groundswell support in the run up was no hype but reality.