National People's Power (NPP) leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake seems set to become Sri Lanka’s ninth executive president on Sunday with an impressive show in the presidential election, according to postal voting results of seven electoral districts.

Anura Kumara Dissanayake may lack the political lineage of some of his rivals, but his leftist policies to help the poor and stirring speeches have made him a leading candidate in Sri Lanka's presidential election on Saturday.

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, leader of the National People's Power (NPP), is poised to become Sri Lanka's ninth executive president with a significant lead in the presidential election. In postal voting from seven electoral districts,