Back انتخابات الرئاسة السريلانكية 1982 Arabic Präsidentschaftswahl in Sri Lanka 1982 German Elecciones presidenciales de Sri Lanka de 1982 Spanish Élection présidentielle srilankaise de 1982 French ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ජනාධිපතිවරණය, 1982 Singhalese இலங்கை அரசுத் தலைவர் தேர்தல், 1982 Tamil 第1屆斯里蘭卡總統選舉 ZH-YUE
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Presidential elections were held in Sri Lanka for the first time on 20 October 1982. Incumbent president J. R. Jayewardene of the governing United National Party was re-elected, receiving 53% of all valid votes cast, defeating his main opponent Hector Kobbekaduwa of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.[1][2]
- ^ Selbourne, David (1983). "The Sri Lankan elections, Oct.–Dec. 1982". Electoral Studies. 2 (2): 175–177. doi:10.1016/0261-3794(83)90062-8. ISSN 0261-3794.
- ^ Samarasinghe, S. W. R. de A. (1983). "Sri Lanka in 1982: A Year of Elections". Asian Survey. 23 (2): 158–164. doi:10.2307/2644347. ISSN 0004-4687. JSTOR 2644347.