Sri Lanka Picks Left-Leaning Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayaka As Next President | Read
Sri Lanka's election commission declared a previously fringe Marxist politician the country's president-elect on Sunday after a vote coloured by discontent over the island nation's response to an unprecedented financial crisis.
Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, the 55-year-old leader of the People's Liberation Front, won the presidency with 42.31 percent of the vote in Saturday's election, the commission said.
Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa took second place with 32.76 percent.
