2022 Sri Lankan presidential election
Parliament of Sri Lanka voting through a secret ballot to select a President to serve the remainder of Gotabaya Rajapaksa's term
Presidential elections were held in Sri Lanka on 20 July 2022. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa left the country on 13 July 2022 instead of resigning as he promised.[1][2] Ranil Wickremesinghe won the election and will serve a term of 2 years.[3]
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Candidates
changeDeclared
changeUnited National Party (UNP)
changeDeclared
change- Ranil Wickremesinghe, incumbent Acting President of Sri Lanka, incumbent Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka People's Front (SLPP)
changeDeclared
change- Dullas Alahapperuma,Former former Minister of Mass Media (2021-2022), and Member of Parliament for Matara District (2015-Present)[4]
National People's Power (NPP)
changeDeclared
change- Anura Kumara Dissanayaka , Former Chief Opposition Whip (2015-2018), Member of Parliament from Colombo Electoral District (2015–present) [5]
Withdrawn
changeSri Lanka People's Front (SLPP)
change- Gotabaya Rajapaksa, former President of Sri Lanka (2019–2022)
United People's Power (SJB)
change- Sajith Premadasa, incumbent Leader of the Opposition (2020–present), Member of Parliament from Colombo Electoral District (2020–present) initially declared to run for presidency.[6] On 19 July, the day of selecting nominees, he withdrew his candidacy and announced that he and his party decided to support Dullas Alahapperuma.[7]
Declined
changeSri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP)
change- Maithripala Sirisena, former President of Sri Lanka (2015–2019)[8][9]
Results
change| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranil Wickremesinghe | United National Party | 134 | 61.19 | |
| Dullas Alahapperuma | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna | 82 | 37.44 | |
| Anura Kumara Dissanayaka | Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | 3 | 1.37 | |
| Total | 219 | 100.00 | ||
| Valid votes | 219 | 98.21 | ||
| Invalid/blank votes | 4 | 1.79 | ||
| Total votes | 223 | 100.00 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 225 | 99.11 | ||
References
change- ↑ Jayasinghe, Uditha (14 July 2022). "Sri Lanka awaits president's resignation after flight". Reuters. Colombo. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ↑ "Sri Lanka's embattled leader leaves Maldives on Saudi plane". Indian Express. 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ↑ Stepansky, Joseph (20 July 2022). "Sri Lanka live news: Ranil Wickremesinghe elected president". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- ↑ "Dullas ready to contest for vacant post of President". Sri Lanka News - Newsfirst. 15 July 2022.
- ↑ "Sri Lanka: NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake to contest for Presidency".
- ↑ "Sri Lanka: Opposition leader ready to run for presidency". BBC News. 12 July 2022.
- ↑ "Sajith withdraws candidacy; SJB to support Dullas for Presidency". Ada Derana. 19 July 2022.
- ↑ "Maithri asked to run for President in 2024". August 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-07-16. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
- ↑ "Maithripala warns of a divide in Parliament". Newsfirst. 16 July 2022.
