the island nation of Sri Lanka will head to the polls on September 21st in a presidential election key to decide the future of reforms as the country battles its worst financial crisis in decades Front Runners of the crucial vote include incumbent president ranil Vikram mink main opposition leader Saji premadasa and Marxist leaning parliamentarian anura kumara disanayake the presidential poll in the Indian Ocean Nation grappling with the Fallout of its worst financial crisis in decades is key to charting Sri Lanka's way out of a crisis Unleashed after exhausting its foreign reserves sending the economy into freef fall and defaulting on foreign debt in 2022 nearly 17 million of Sri Lanka's 22 million population are eligible to cast their ballots