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Still reeling from crisis, Sri Lanka holds pivotal election

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Sri Lanka holds first election since mass protests sparked by country's worst economic crisis.

Huge crowds forced the country’s deeply unpopular leader from office two years ago .

Ranil Wickremesinghe , the man who currently holds the job, is running for re-election as an independent.

A record 38 candidates are contesting the election, none of them women.

Sri Lanka was able to stave off bankruptcy in 2022 thanks to loans from the IMF.

But now everyone is feeling the pressure from the country's enormous $ 92bn ( 69bn ) debt burden.

Ranil Wickremesinghe , a six -time former prime minister, was appointed president after Gotabaya Rajapaksa was ousted.

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