Back الانتخابات الرئاسية السريلانكية 2024 Arabic Präsidentschaftswahl in Sri Lanka 2024 German Προεδρικές εκλογές στη Σρι Λάνκα 2024 Greek Elecciones presidenciales de Sri Lanka de 2024 Spanish انتخابات ریاستجمهوری سریلانکا (۲۰۲۴) Persian Élection présidentielle srilankaise de 2024 French Pemilihan umum Presiden Sri Lanka 2024 ID Elezioni presidenziali in Sri Lanka del 2024 Italian Pilihan raya presiden Sri Lanka 2024 Malay ශ්රී ලාංකික ජනාධිපතිවරණය, 2024 Singhalese
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Presidential elections were held in Sri Lanka on 21 September 2024.[1][2] Incumbent president Ranil Wickremesinghe ran for re-election as an independent candidate, making him the first sitting president to run for re-election since Mahinda Rajapaksa in 2015.[3][4][5] Other prominent candidates included Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa, Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the NPP, and Namal Rajapaksa, son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa.[6]
The election was a three-way contest between Wickremesinghe, Premadasa and Dissanayake. For the first time in a Sri Lankan presidential election, no candidate received a majority of the vote. Dissanayake was in first place with 42%, followed by Premadasa with 33%. Incumbent president Wickremesinghe finished third, receiving only 17% of the vote. As no candidate received a majority, second preference votes were counted.[7] The following day, Dissanayake was declared the winner with 56% of the vote after second preferences had been taken into account.[8][9] He was inaugurated on 23 September.
The election signified a major political realignment in Sri Lanka.[10] Dissanayake's victory was the first time a third-party candidate was elected president. This was also the first election where neither of the top two candidates were endorsed by the United National Party or the Sri Lanka Freedom Party.
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- ^ Waravita, Pamodi (21 September 2024). "The Incumbent, the Marxist and the Heir: Sri Lanka's Tight Race for President". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 21 September 2024. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ "Sri Lanka election result: Counting goes to historic second round". www.bbc.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ "Presidential Election – 2024" (PDF). The Gazette Extraordinary. Department of Government Printing. 22 September 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 September 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ "Anura Kumara Dissanayake: Left-leaning leader wins Sri Lanka election". www.bbc.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ DeVotta, Neil (28 August 2024). "Sri Lanka's Potential Political Realignment". South Asian Voices. Archived from the original on 19 September 2024. Retrieved 23 September 2024.