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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 .
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 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.
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 ]
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 ...
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 won a plurality of the vote with 42.31%, followed by Premadasa with 32.76%. Incumbent president Wickremesinghe finished third, winning only 17.27% of the vote. Since no candidate won a majority, a second round of vote counting was held for the first time in Sri Lanka's history under its limited ranked voting system.
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 ...