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The 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election was the ninth presidential election in the country’s history and was held on 21 September 2024. [ 3 ][ 4 ] 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. [ 5 ][ 6 ...
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. Sri Lanka Freedom Party. Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna.
September 22, 2024 at 9:46 PM. Anura Kumara Dissanayake positioned himself as a candidate for change [Getty Images] Left-leaning politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake has been elected as Sri Lanka ...
The 2019 Sri Lankan presidential election was the 8th presidential election, held 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 ...
Left-leaning politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka’s presidential election after a historic second round of counting. No candidate won more than 50% of the total votes in the ...
Sri Lanka's new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake has been sworn into office, promising "clean" politics as the country recovers from its worst economic crisis. The left-leaning Dissanayake has ...
The 2015 Sri Lankan presidential election was the 7th presidential election, held on 8 January 2015. This election was held 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.
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 ...