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Presidential elections were held in Sri Lank on 8 January 2015. The elections took place two years ahead of schedule. [1] [2] Incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa was the ruling United People's Freedom Alliance's candidate, seeking a third term in office.
Opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari won the presidential election by more than 2.5 million votes. [8] Incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan conceded defeat on 31 March, before the results from all 36 states had been announced. [9] This was the first time an incumbent president had lost re-election in Nigeria.
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. [2]
The following indirect elections of heads of state and the upper houses of bicameral legislatures took place through votes in elected lower houses, unicameral legislatures, or electoral colleges: 23 April 2014 – 31 October 2016: Lebanon, President (17 rounds in 2015) [83] [84] 10 January: Afghanistan, House of Elders [85]
A record 35 candidates have filed nominations to take part in Sri Lanka's presidential election on Nov. 16, nearly twice as many as participated in the last poll in 2015, posing a logistical ...
Parliamentary elections were held in Sri Lanka on 17 August 2015, ten months ahead of schedule, to elect 225 members to Sri Lanka's 15th Parliament. [1] [2] [3] [4]The United National Party (UNP) led United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) won 106 seats, an increase of 46 since the 2010 election, but failed to secure a majority in Parliament. [5]
Sri Lanka will hold a parliamentary election on Nov. 14, the government announced on Tuesday, less than two months after the Indian Ocean island nation elected Anura Kumara Dissanayake as its new ...
A presidential election was held in Nigeria on 16 April 2011, postponed from 9 April 2011. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] [ 23 ] The election followed controversy as to whether a Muslim or Christian should be allowed to become president given the tradition of rotating the top office between the religions and following the death of Umaru Yar'Adua , who was a ...