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The President of Sri Lanka is directly elected by voters for a five-year term. [1] Below is a list of presidential elections in Sri Lanka , including the number of votes obtained by each candidate and voter turnout .
On 19 March 2020, Sri Lanka reported an increase in cases from the COVID-19 pandemic, but the government went ahead with nominations for the election until 18 March 2020. [86] On 19 March, soon after the nominations ended, the Elections Commission with its powers postponed the elections. [ 68 ]
The main opposition alliance, Sajith Premadasa's Samagi Jana Balawegaya, won 40 seats, a decrease from the previous election. Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe 's New Democratic Front secured 5 seats, while former President Mahinda Rajapaksa 's Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna collapsed from 145 seats in the previous election, winning 3 seats.
The president of Sri Lanka is the elected head of state and the chief executive of Sri Lanka. The president is a dominant political figure in the country. The office was created in 1972, as more of a ceremonial position. It was empowered with executive powers by the 1978 Constitution introduced by J. R. Jayewardene.
The election is seen as a referendum on difficult economic reforms initiated by current President Ranil Wickremesinghe. 39 candidates are approved for Sri Lanka's presidential election, the ...
Dissanayake polled 5.6 million votes, or 42.3%, in Saturday's poll, a massive boost to the 3% he managed in the last presidential election in 2019. His nearest rival, opposition leader Sajith ...
Presidential elections were held in Sri Lanka on 16 November 2019. [1] [2] Incumbent president Maithripala Sirisena did not run for a second term.Gotabaya Rajapaksa, brother of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, was the candidate of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna [3] and was endorsed by the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. [4]
President Ranil Wickremesinghe is among the 38 candidates contesting Sri Lanka's presidential election on Saturday, a poll that is key to deciding the future of reforms in a nation battling its ...