Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's coalition, the National People's Power (NPP), was set for victory in a snap general election, results from the Indian Ocean island's poll body showed on Friday.

Sri Lanka's National People's Power (NPP) party, led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, is set secure majority in the recent parliamentary snap elections. By Friday at 6 am (local time), the NPP had secured 52 seats,

In the history of the JVP, Dissanayake has played a particular role in its jettisoning of socialistic demagogy and transformation into a pro-imperialist party of the Sri Lankan ruling class to implement austerity and crush any opposition.