evidence: Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake leads in Sri Lanka's presidential election Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake was leading Sri Lanka’s presidential election after knocking out the incumbent liberal President Ranil Wickremesinghe from the race, as officials on Sunday began a second round of vote counting for the first time in the nation's history. [...] Neither candidate has received more than 50% of the vote.