List of Sri Lankan presidential elections

The President of Sri Lanka is directly elected by voters for a five-year term. Below is a list of presidential elections in Sri Lanka, including the number of votes obtained by each candidate and voter turnout.

List ElectionWinning candidateRunner-up candidateOthersTotal votes TurnoutCandidateParty Votes %CandidatePartyVotes%Votes% 1982 UNP 3,450,811 52.91% SLFP 2,548,438 39.07% 522,898 8.02% 6,522,147 81.06% 1988 UNP 2,569,199 50.43% SLFP 2,289,860 44.95% 235,719 4.63% 5,094,778 55.32% 1994 SLFP 4,709,205 62.28% UNP 2,715,283 35.91% 137,038 1.81% 7,561,526 70.47% 1999 SLFP 4,312,157 51.12% UNP 3,602,748 42.71% 520,849 6.17% 8,435,754 73.31% 2005 SLFP 4,887,152 50.29% UNP 4,706,366 48.43% 123,521 1.28% 9,717,039 73.73% 2010 SLFP 6,015,934 57.88% NDF 4,173,185 40.14% 204,494 1.97% 10,393,613 74.50% 2015 NDF 6,217,162 51.28% SLFP 5,768,090 47.58% 138,200 1.14% 12,123,452 81.52% 2019 SLPP 6,924,255 52.25% NDF 5,564,239 41.99% 764,005 5.76% 13,252,499 83.72% 2024 NPP 5,634,915 42.30% SJB 4,363,035 32.75% 3,321,666 24.95% 13,319,616 79.46% 5,740,179 55.89% 4,530,902 44.11% colspan="2"

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