evidence: Official results were yet to be announced, but according to tallies released by the Election Commission, Dissanayake secured 42% of the votes counted, followed by opposition leader Sajith Premadasa with 32%. [...] Contested by 38 candidates, it was largely a three-way race between Dissanayake, Wickremesinghe and Premadasa. [...] Neither candidate has received more than 50% of the vote.