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Presidential elections were held in Sri Lanka on 21 September 2024. [1] [2] Incumbent president Ranil Wickremesinghe ran for re-election as an independent candidate, making him the first sitting president to run for re-election since Mahinda Rajapaksa in 2015.
Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. "1956 General Election Results". LankaNewspapers.com. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. "Table 33 Parliament Election (1956)". Sri Lanka Statistics. 10 February 2009. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011
The 2019 Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha election, held on 11 October 2019, saw a high voter turnout of 78.86%, with the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) winning 56.31% of the vote (17 wards). The United National Front (UNF) followed with 24.37%, while the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) and Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) received 12.71% ...
Sri Lanka's President Ranil Wickremesinghe received backing from 92 lawmakers in the parliament on Tuesday, his media office said, giving momentum to his reelection bid in a vote in September. A ...
Hambantota 2018 is one of two bids to stage the 2018 Commonwealth Games, first recognised by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) on 31 March 2010. [5] On 31 March 2010, a surprise bid was made for the 2018 Commonwealth Games by the Sri Lankan city of Hambantota.
Candidate Party Votes per Polling Division Postal Votes Total Votes % Batti-caloa Kal-kudah Paddi-ruppu J. R. Jayewardene: UNP: 24,220: 15,950: 7,129: 795: 48,094
1. EROS contested as an independent group in four districts (Batticaloa, Jaffna, Trincomalee and Vanni). 1. The EROS/PLOTE/TELO alliance contested as TELO in Ampara District, Batticaloa District, Colombo District and Trincomalee District; as DPLF in Vanni District; and as in an independent group in Jaffna District.
SLNS Gajabahu (P626) during Sri Lanka Navy Exercise. On 27 August 2018, at Honolulu, the ex-Sherman was transferred to the Sri Lanka Navy. Ex-Sherman was recommissioned 6 June 2019 as SLNS Gajabahu (P626). The ship is the second ship named after King Gajabahu I, the warrior king of the medieval Sri Lankan Kingdom of Anuradhapura.