Voting ends in Sri Lanka to choose a president and a way out of years of turmoil

Contest seen as largely a three-way race, with results expected on Sunday

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An Sri Lanka woman shows her finger after casting her vote outside a polling station during presidential election in Colombo on Sept. 21. (Photo by Shinya Sawai)

COLOMBO (AP) -- Voting has ended Saturday in Sri Lanka's presidential election as the country seeks to recover from the worst economic crisis in its history and the resulting political upheaval.

The election, contested by 38 candidates, is largely a three-way race among incumbent liberal President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Marxist-leaning lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake, and opposition leader Sajith Premadasa.

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