THE new Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is looking to consolidate his party's power in tomorrow’s parliamentary election to help him implement his election pledges to solve the country's economic woes and foster good governance.

Mr Dissanayake, a Marxist, won the presidential election on September 21 in a victory that marked a rejection of the political parties that have governed the island nation since its independence from British rule in 1948.

President Dissanayake, while campaigning for his National Peoples' Power (NPP) party’s candidates, has called on voters to help elect them to Parliament so he won't need to rely on a coalition to enact the reforms he promised.