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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.^[2]

List

Election	Winning candidate					Runner-up candidate					Others		Total votes	Turnout
Election	Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Candidate		Party	Votes	%	Votes	%	Total votes	Turnout
1982		J. R. Jayewardene	UNP	3,450,811	52.91%		Hector Kobbekaduwa	SLFP	2,548,438	39.07%	522,898	8.02%	6,522,147	81.06%
1988		Ranasinghe Premadasa	UNP	2,569,199	50.43%		Sirimavo Bandaranaike	SLFP	2,289,860	44.95%	235,719	4.63%	5,094,778	55.32%
1994		Chandrika Kumaratunga	SLFP	4,709,205	62.28%		Srima Dissanayake	UNP	2,715,283	35.91%	137,038	1.81%	7,561,526	70.47%
1999		Chandrika Kumaratunga	SLFP	4,312,157	51.12%		Ranil Wickremesinghe	UNP	3,602,748	42.71%	520,849	6.17%	8,435,754	73.31%
2005		Mahinda Rajapaksa	SLFP	4,887,152	50.29%		Ranil Wickremesinghe	UNP	4,706,366	48.43%	123,521	1.28%	9,717,039	73.73%
2010		Mahinda Rajapaksa	SLFP	6,015,934	57.88%		Sarath Fonseka	NDF	4,173,185	40.14%	204,494	1.97%	10,393,613	74.50%
2015		Maithripala Sirisena	NDF	6,217,162	51.28%		Mahinda Rajapaksa	SLFP	5,768,090	47.58%	138,200	1.14%	12,123,452	81.52%
2019		Gotabaya Rajapaksa	SLPP	6,924,255	52.25%		Sajith Premadasa	NDF	5,564,239	41.99%	764,005	5.76%	13,252,499	83.72%
2024		Anura Kumara Dissanayake	NPP	5,634,915^[a]	42.30%		Sajith Premadasa	SJB	4,363,035^[a]	32.75%	3,321,666^[a]	24.95%	13,319,616	79.46%
2024		Anura Kumara Dissanayake	NPP	5,740,179^[b]	55.89%^[c]		Sajith Premadasa	SJB	4,530,902^[d]	44.11%^[c]	—		13,319,616	79.46%

Summary

Electoral maps of Sri Lankan presidential elections
2024 Election
2019 Election
2015 Election
2010 Election
2005 Election
1999 Election
1994 Election
1988 Election
1982 Election

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c All-island votes received in the 1st round of counting without preferences.
^ Total votes: All-island 5,634,915 + Preferential 105,264
^ ^a ^b Percentage of the total votes polled (all-island and preferential) by each of the two remaining candidates. All other candidates and their respective first-round vote totals have been eliminated.
^ Total votes: All-island 4,363,035 + Preferential 167,035

References

^ "IFES Election Guide | Elections: Sri Lanka Pres Jan 2010". www.electionguide.org. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
^ "Results of past presidential elections in Sri Lanka" (PDF). People’s Action for Free and Fair Elections. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-23. Retrieved 2009-08-22.

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