India, Nov. 24 -- Gotabaya Rajapaksa, brother of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, has become the eighth President of Sri Lanka. Nearly 16 million people decided the fate of 35 candidates in the presidential election held on November 16. And this election was fought mainly on two issues: national security and economy. And, the final electoral battle was centred around only two candidates: Gotabaya of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP or People's Party) and Sajith Premadasa of the United National Party (UNP). The first presidential election that took place after the ghastly terror attack in April this year on the Easter recorded 83.72 per cent of voter turnout, the highest ever in the country's presidential election.

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