2022 Sri Lankan presidential election

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]

2022 Sri Lankan presidential election
July 20, 2022 (2022-07-20)
 
Candidate Ranil Wickremesinghe Dullas Alahapperuma Anura Kumara Dissanayaka
Party UNP SLPP NPP
Electoral vote 134 82 3
Percentage 61.19% 37.44% 1.37%
Presidential election
President before election

Ranil Wickremesinghe (Acting)
UNP

 Elected President

Ranil Wickremesinghe
UNP

Candidates

Declared

Declared
  • Dullas Alahapperuma,Former former Minister of Mass Media (2021-2022), and Member of Parliament for Matara District (2015-Present)[4]

Declared
  • Anura Kumara Dissanayaka , Former Chief Opposition Whip (2015-2018), Member of Parliament from Colombo Electoral District (2015–present) [5]

Sri Lanka People's Front (SLPP)

United People's Power (SJB)
  • 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]

Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP)

Results
CandidatePartyVotes%
Ranil WickremesingheUnited National Party13461.19
Dullas AlahapperumaSri Lanka Podujana Peramuna8237.44
Anura Kumara DissanayakaJanatha Vimukthi Peramuna31.37
Total219100.00
Valid votes21998.21
Invalid/blank votes41.79
Total votes223100.00
Registered voters/turnout22599.11

References
  1. Jayasinghe, Uditha (14 July 2022). "Sri Lanka awaits president's resignation after flight". Reuters. Colombo. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  2. "Sri Lanka's embattled leader leaves Maldives on Saudi plane". Indian Express. 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  3. Stepansky, Joseph (20 July 2022). "Sri Lanka live news: Ranil Wickremesinghe elected president". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  4. "Dullas ready to contest for vacant post of President". Sri Lanka News - Newsfirst. 15 July 2022.
  5. "Sri Lanka: NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake to contest for Presidency".
  6. "Sri Lanka: Opposition leader ready to run for presidency". BBC News. 12 July 2022.
  7. "Sajith withdraws candidacy; SJB to support Dullas for Presidency". Ada Derana. 19 July 2022.
  8. "Maithri asked to run for President in 2024". August 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-07-16. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  9. "Maithripala warns of a divide in Parliament". Newsfirst. 16 July 2022.
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