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The 1982 Sri Lankan presidential election was the inaugural presidential election, held on 20 October 1982. Incumbent president J. R. Jayewardene of the governing United National Party was re-elected, receiving 53% of all valid votes cast and defeating his main opponent Hector Kobbekaduwa of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.
2005 Election. 1999 Election. 1994 Election. 1988 Election. 1982 Election. Percentages of votes received by political parties in the direct presidential elections. United National Party / New Democratic Front candidates. Sri Lanka Freedom Party candidates. Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna candidates.
Parliamentary elections have been held in Sri Lanka since the first in 1947, under three different constitutions: the Soulbury Constitution, the 1972 Constitution, and the currently enforced 1978 Constitution. Sixteen parliamentary elections have been held up to and including the 2020 election. The seventeenth is scheduled for 14 November 2024. [1]
The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna[a](JVP; lit. 'People's Liberation Front', PLF) is a leftistpolitical party in Sri Lanka.[14] The party was formerly a revolutionarymovement and was involved in two armed uprisings against the government of Sri Lanka: once in 1971(SLFP), and another in 1987–1989(UNP). The motive for both uprisings was to establish ...
The 2010 Sri Lankan presidential electionwas the 6th presidential election, held on 26 January 2010. The elections were announced on 23 November 2009 when incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksadecided to seek a fresh mandate prior to the expiration of his term in 2011.[1] Nominations were accepted on 17 December 2009. [2]
The president of Sri Lanka is the elected head of state and the chief executive of Sri Lanka (formerly Ceylon). 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.
Elections in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka elects on the national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature. Sri Lanka has a multi-party system, with two dominant political parties. All elections are administered by the Election Commission of Sri Lanka.
The 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election was the ninth presidential election in the country’s history and was held on 21 September 2024. [6][7] 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. [8][9][10 ...