Anura Kumara Dissanayake, a previously fringe Marxist leader, has been declared the President-elect of Sri Lanka. The presidential vote was coloured by discontent over the island nation's response to an unprecedented financial crisis. Dissanayake, 55, secured 42% of the votes followed by opposition leader Sajith Premadasa with 32%. Incumbent liberal President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who took over the country two years ago after its economy hit rock bottom, came distant a third and secured 17% of the votes. Dissanayake is due to be sworn in as Sri Lanka's 10th president on Monday.
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