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    South Asia

    ISAS publishes a regular series of South Asia which provides quick analytical responses to developments and occurrences in South Asia.​​​

    Issue No. 28 (Jul 2019-Dec 2019)

    Sri Lanka held its eighth presidential election on 16 November 2019. After one of the most competitive bipolar contests, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, former Defence Secretary and the brother of former President, Mahinda Rajapaksa, was elected the president of Sri Lanka. Gotabaya won the election with the highest percentage of votes (52.3 per cent) in the island's recent political history. His main contender, Sajith Premadasa, of the United National Party (UNP), a career politician with an experience of around 20 years, secured only 42 per cent of the votes.