Sri Lanka's Peaceful Revolution
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6287472 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Neil Devotta (0000-0001-7311-1914, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 79-92 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of democracy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1045-5736 • E-ISSN: 1086-3214 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/jod.2025.a947885 |
| OpenAlex | W4405584610 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
In 2024, Sri Lanka experienced a historic political transformation through peaceful elections that put an end to the country's dynastic politics. Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) of the left-wing People's Liberation Front won the presidency with 56 percent after second-preference votes, while his National People's Power coalition secured an unprecedented 159-seat parliamentary supermajority. This dramatic shift followed Sri Lanka's 2022 economic crisis and bankruptcy, which discredited traditional political parties. The elections marked several firsts: the first use of ranked-choice voting redistribution, the largest number of first-time legislators, increased female representation, and unprecedented minority support for a Sinhalese-led party. AKD's victory—following a 2019 campaign in which he gained only 3.2 percent of the vote—augurs a significant political realignment focused on anti-corruption and economic stability
Development economics · Economics · Political science · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Sri lanka · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |