Sri Lanka’s National People’s Power (NPP) party, led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, secured a historic majority in the general election, winning 107 seats. With this sweeping victory, Dissanayake gains greater power to pursue anti-poverty reforms.

In the first major political test for President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's NPP, Sri Lanka on Thursday headed to elect a new parliament. Back in September, the ruling party failed to secure 50 percent of the vote in the presidential elections.

The NPP won 107 seats, receiving almost 62 per cent or 6.8 million votes in Thursday’s election, putting them past the majority mark in the parliament, latest results on the Election Commission of Sri Lanka‘s website showed. A two-third majority appeared within reach of the coalition.