Sri Lanka Marxist candidate takes early lead in presidential vote ...Middle East

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COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's Marxist politician Anura Kumara Dissanayaka took an early lead in Saturday's presidential election during the counting of postal ballots, official results showed.Dissanayaka had 60.21 percent of the 164,000 votes counted, out of just over 700,000. Public servants involved in conducting the election are entitled to post their ballots, which are the first to be counted.About 76 percent of the 17.1 million person electorate turned out for Saturday's vote, and final results are expected later Sunday.The election has turned into a referendum on incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe's austerity measures, implemented in line with a $2.9 billion bailout loan he secured from t

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