COLOMBO (News 1st) – The winner of the 2019 Presidential Election, SLPP’s Gotabaya Rajapaksa, will be sworn in as the 7th Executive President of Sri Lanka today (November 18).

The swearing-in ceremony is to be held at the Ruwanweli Seya in Anuradhapura at 11:00 am.

Gotabaya Rajapaksa claimed the presidency with a comfortable 52.25% majority, winning 6,924,255 votes.

Gotabaya Rajapaksa secured a margin of 1,360,016 votes over his closest rival Sajith Premadasa.

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