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Colombo [Sri Lanka], September 22 (ANI): In an unexpected turn of events, Sri Lanka polls, Elections Commission Chairman RLAM Ratnayake announced a second preference count. This decision came after early trends showed Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of the National People’s Power, leading the presidential polls, the Daily Mirror reported. Ratnayake announced that a second preference count would be conducted, as no candidate secured over 50 per cent of the votes in the Presidential election, in line with the Presidential Elections Act of 1981. According to the Presidential Elections Act of 198…

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