2022 Sri Lankan presidential election

2022 Sri Lankan presidential election

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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

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]

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.