President


Population 21,203,000
Election Method Directly Elected
Office Holder Anura Kumara Dissanayaka
Term Length
Term Limit None

Upcoming Election

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Sri Lankan Presidential Election, 2029 *No Fixed Date

Event Timeline

Anura Kumara Dissanayaka begins office
Sri Lankan Presidential Election, 2024
Janaka Ratnayake United Lanka People's Party Sri Lanka 2,405
Pemasiri Manage Sri Lanka 5,822
Mahinda Dewage Sri Lanka 5,338
Keerthi Wickremeratne Our People's Power Party Sri Lanka 4,676
Oshala Herath New Independent Front Sri Lanka 4,253
Roshan Ranasinghe Sri Lanka 4,205
P. W. S. K. Bandaranayake National Development Front Sri Lanka 4,070
Ananda Kularatne Sri Lanka 4,013
Lalith de Silva United National Freedom Front Sri Lanka 3,004
Sidney Jayarathna Sri Lanka 2,799
Battaramulle Seelarathana Thero People's Welfare Front Sri Lanka 6,839
M. Thilakarajah Sri Lanka 2,138
Pani Wijesiriwardene Socialist Equality Party Sri Lanka 4,410
Sarath Manamendra New Sinhala Heritage Sri Lanka 1,911
Sarath Keerthirathna Sri Lanka 15,187
Siritunga Jayasuriya United Socialist Party Sri Lanka 8,954
A. S. P. Liyanage Sri Lanka Labour Party Sri Lanka 1,860
Anuruddha Polgampola Sri Lanka 15,411
K. R. Krishan Arunalu People's Front Sri Lanka 13,595
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Ranil Wickremesinghe resigns office
Sri Lankan Presidential Election, 2024
Ranil Wickremesinghe Sri Lanka 2,299,767
P. Ariyanethiran Sri Lanka 226,343
Dilith Jayaweera Communist Party of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 122,343
K. K. Piyadasa Sri Lanka 47,543
D. M. Bandaranayake Sri Lanka 30,660
Sarath Fonseka Sri Lanka 22,407
Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe National Democratic Front Sri Lanka 21,306
Abubakar Mohamed Infaz Democratic Unity Alliance Sri Lanka 6,531
Suranjeewa Anoj de Silva Democratic United National Front Sri Lanka 12,898
Priyantha Wickremesinghe Nava Sama Samaja Party Sri Lanka 12,760
Namal Rajapaksha Samabima Party Sri Lanka 12,700
Akmeemana Dayarathana Thero Sri Lanka 11,536
Nuwan Bopege Socialist People's Forum Sri Lanka 11,191
Ajantha de Zoyza Ruhunu Janatha Peramuna Sri Lanka 10,548
Victor Anthony Perera Sri Lanka 10,374
Namal Rajapaksa Sri Lankan People's Front Sri Lanka 342,781
Anura Kumara Dissanayaka National People's Power Sri Lanka 5,634,915
Siripala Amarasinghe Sri Lanka 9,035
Sajith Premadasa Samagi Jana Balawegaya Sri Lanka 4,363,035
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Ranil Wickremesinghe begins office : Acting president after political unrest overthrew the previous government.
Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigns office : Forced to resign amid political crisis.
Gotabaya Rajapaksa begins office
Sri Lankan Presidential Election, 2019
Duminda Nagamuwa Frontline Socialist Party Sri Lanka 8,219
Sajith Premadasa New Democratic Front Sri Lanka 5,564,239
Jayantha Ketagoda Sri Lanka 9,467
Namal Rajapaksa National Unity Alliance Sri Lanka 9,497
Anuruddha Polgampola Sri Lanka 10,219
Ajantha de Zoysa Ruhunu Janatha Peramuna Sri Lanka 11,705
Battaramulle Seelarathana Jana Setha Peramuna Sri Lanka 11,879
M. K. Shivajilingam Sri Lanka 12,256
Milroy Fernando Sri Lanka 13,641
Siripala Amarasinghe Sri Lanka 15,285
Rohan Pallewatte National Development Front Sri Lanka 25,173
Ajantha Perera Socialist Party of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 27,572
Ariyawansa Dissanayake Democratic United National Front Sri Lanka 34,537
M. L. A. M. Hizbullah Sri Lanka 38,814
Mahesh Senanayake National People's Party Sri Lanka 49,655
Anura Kumara Dissanayaka National People's Power Sri Lanka 418,553
Sarath Manamendra New Sinhala Heritage Sri Lanka 3,380
Gotabaya Rajapaksa Sri Lankan People's Front Sri Lanka 6,924,255
Samansiri Herath Sri Lanka 976
Bedde Gamage Weerawanni Sri Lanka 1,841
Samaraweera Weerawanni Sri Lanka 2,067
Piriyantha Edirisinghe Okkoma Wesiyo Okkoma Rajawaru Sanwidhanaya Sri Lanka 2,139
Saman Perera Our People's Power Party Sri Lanka 2,368
A. H. M. Alavi Sri Lanka 2,903
Ashoka Wadigamangawa Sri Lanka 2,924
Pani Wijesiriwardene Socialist Equality Party Sri Lanka 3,014
Aparekke Punnananda Sri Lanka 7,611
Sarath Keerthirathna Sri Lanka 3,599
Siritunga Jayasuriya United Socialist Party Sri Lanka 3,944
Illiyas Idroos Mohamed Sri Lanka 3,987
Rajiva Wijesinha Sri Lanka 4,146
Aruna de Zoysa Democratic National Movement Sri Lanka 4,218
Piyasiri Wijenayake Sri Lanka 4,636
A. S. P. Liyanage Sri Lanka Labour Party Sri Lanka 6,447
Subramanium Gunaratnam Our National Front Sri Lanka 7,333
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