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display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;width:20%;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/2005_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2005 Sri Lankan presidential election">2005</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;width:60%;" class=""><b>26 January 2010<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2010-01-26</span>)</span></b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:20%;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/2015_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2015 Sri Lankan presidential election">2015</a> →</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Turnout</th><td class="infobox-data">74.50% (<span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" 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/></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Nominee </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a></b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Sarath_Fonseka" title="Sarath Fonseka">Sarath Fonseka</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center"> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="width:75px;text-align:left">Party </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="New Democratic Front (Sri Lanka)">NDF</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Alliance </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">UPFA</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/%E2%80%93" class="mw-redirect" title="–">–</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>6,015,934</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">4,173,185 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>57.88%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">40.15% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wahlkreiskarte_Praesidentschaft_Sri_Lanka_2010.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Wahlkreiskarte_Praesidentschaft_Sri_Lanka_2010.svg/300px-Wahlkreiskarte_Praesidentschaft_Sri_Lanka_2010.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="469" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Wahlkreiskarte_Praesidentschaft_Sri_Lanka_2010.svg/450px-Wahlkreiskarte_Praesidentschaft_Sri_Lanka_2010.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Wahlkreiskarte_Praesidentschaft_Sri_Lanka_2010.svg/600px-Wahlkreiskarte_Praesidentschaft_Sri_Lanka_2010.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="454" data-file-height="709" /></a></span><div>polling divisions won by<br /> <p><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#B0CEFF; color:black;"> </span> – Mahinda Rajapaksa</span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0BDA51; color:black;"> </span> – Sarath Fonseka</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b>President before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Elected President</b> <br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">SLFP</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>2010 Sri Lankan presidential election</b> was the 6th presidential election, held on 26 January 2010. The elections were announced on 23 November 2009 when incumbent President <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a> decided to seek a fresh mandate prior to the expiration of his term in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-news.lk-election_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-news.lk-election-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nominations were accepted on 17 December 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-st-5candidates_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-st-5candidates-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rajapaksa, who was <a href="/wiki/2005_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2005 Sri Lankan presidential election">elected president</a> for a 6-year term in November 2005, was the candidate of the ruling <a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">United People's Freedom Alliance</a>. General <a href="/wiki/Sarath_Fonseka" title="Sarath Fonseka">Sarath Fonseka</a>, a former commander of the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Army" title="Sri Lanka Army">Sri Lankan Army</a>, was his main opponent in the election. Fonseka had been endorsed by a number of main opposition parties, including the <a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Janatha_Vimukthi_Peramuna" title="Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna">Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna</a>. </p><p>President Rajapaksa proceeded to win re-election, over 57% of all votes cast.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fonseka received over 40%, carrying the formerly <a href="/wiki/LTTE" class="mw-redirect" title="LTTE">LTTE</a>-occupied <a href="/wiki/Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Northern Province, Sri Lanka">Northern</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Eastern Province, Sri Lanka">Eastern Provinces</a>. The remaining twenty candidates all garnered less than 0.5% of the popular vote. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2010_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/2005_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2005 Sri Lankan presidential election">2005</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a> was elected to his first term as <a href="/wiki/President_of_Sri_Lanka" title="President of Sri Lanka">president</a>, defeating <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Sri Lanka)">opposition leader</a> <a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe">Ranil Wickremesinghe</a>, the <a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">United National Party</a> (UNP) candidate. Prior to the election, Mahinda Rajapaksa was Prime Minister under President <a href="/wiki/Chandrika_Kumaratunga" title="Chandrika Kumaratunga">Chandrika Kumaratunga</a>. Rajapaksa won a narrow victory, by 190,000 votes, or 50.29% of the popular vote. The separatist <a href="/wiki/Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam" title="Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam">Tamil Tigers</a> had called for a boycott of the election in the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Northern Province, Sri Lanka">Northern</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Eastern Province, Sri Lanka">Eastern</a> provinces, resulting in a minimal turnout, which the opposition claimed resulted in their defeat.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc-18_November_2005_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc-18_November_2005-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Constitution of Sri Lanka">Constitution of Sri Lanka</a> allows the president to ask for a fresh election after four years into his first term of office (per the Constitution, a President is elected to a six-year term).<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Accordingly, President Rajapaksa informed the Commissioner of Elections on 23 November 2009 of his intention to hold a presidential election before the end of his current term of office.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The elections would be the first presidential elections to be held in Sri Lanka since the end of the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_civil_war" title="Sri Lankan civil war">Sri Lankan Civil War</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Preparations">Preparations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2010_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Preparations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dayananda_Dissanayake&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dayananda Dissanayake (page does not exist)">Dayananda Dissanayake</a>, the Commissioner of Elections, announced on 27 November 2009 that the presidential election would be held on 26 January 2010. Nominations for the election were accepted on 17 December 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sri Lankans registered with the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Elections" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Elections">Department of Elections</a> and eligible to vote totalled 14,088,500, up from 13,327,160 in the <a href="/wiki/2005_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2005 Sri Lankan presidential election">November 2005 presidential elections</a>. Over 11,000 <a href="/wiki/Polling_booth" class="mw-redirect" title="Polling booth">polling booths</a> were set up across the country for receiving ballots.<sup id="cite_ref-st-onemillion_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-st-onemillion-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Candidates">Candidates</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2010_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mahinda_Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2010_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Mahinda Rajapaksa"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>President Rajapaksa decided to end his six-year term almost two years early, that he might seek a fresh mandate and a longer term based on contemporary political successes that greatly increased his popularity. These included the military defeat of the <a href="/wiki/Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam" title="Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam">Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam</a>, as well as the end of the 26-year <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_civil_war" title="Sri Lankan civil war">Sri Lankan Civil War</a> in May 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These were accomplishments the previous three presidents of Sri Lanka had tried and failed to secure. Having succeeded where they had failed, Rajapaksa's <a href="/wiki/United_People%27s_Freedom_Alliance" title="United People's Freedom Alliance">United People's Freedom Alliance</a> achieved unprecedented victories in the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Provincial_Council_elections,_2008%E2%80%932009" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lanka Provincial Council elections, 2008–2009">provincial council elections</a> that followed the end of the war. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sarath_Fonseka">Sarath Fonseka</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2010_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Sarath Fonseka"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>General Sarath Fonseka was considered a national hero<sup id="cite_ref-economist-general_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-economist-general-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for bringing an end to the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_civil_war" title="Sri Lankan civil war">Sri Lankan Civil War</a> while serving as commander of the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Army" title="Sri Lanka Army">Sri Lankan Army</a> from 2005 to 2009. However, following the military victory, tensions grew between President Rajapaksa and Fonseka, who later accused Rajapaksa of sidelining him after the end of the conflict. Opposition parties expected early elections and approached Fonseka, asking him to run as a "common candidate" for the opposition against Rajapaksa. After weeks of rumours, Fonseka eventually retired from the military in November 2009 and announced his candidacy two weeks later. He ran as the <a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="New Democratic Front (Sri Lanka)">New Democratic Front</a>'s candidate, using the swan symbol.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Minor_candidates">Minor candidates</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2010_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Minor candidates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Apart from Rajapaksa and Fonseka, twenty other candidates had their nominations accepted, and appeared on ballot papers.<sup id="cite_ref-ad-22accepted_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ad-22accepted-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:4%;"></th> <th style="width:15%;">Name</th> <th style="width:20%;">Political Party</th> <th style="width:5%;">Symbol<sup id="cite_ref-doe-parties_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-doe-parties-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></th> <th style="width:56%;">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Siritunga_Jayasuriya" title="Siritunga Jayasuriya">Siritunga Jayasuriya</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Socialist_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)">United Socialist Party</a></td> <td>Tri-shaw</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2005_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2005 Sri Lankan presidential election">2005 presidential candidate</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=M.B._Thaminimulla&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="M.B. Thaminimulla (page does not exist)">M.B. Thaminimulla</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Okkoma_Wasiyo&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Okkoma Wasiyo (page does not exist)">Okkoma Wasiyo</a> – <a href="/w/index.php?title=Okkoma_Rajavaru_Sanvidhanaya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Okkoma Rajavaru Sanvidhanaya (page does not exist)">Okkoma Rajavaru Sanvidhanaya</a></td> <td>Till</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarath_Manamendra&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sarath Manamendra (page does not exist)">Sarath Manamendra</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nawa_Sihala_Urumaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Nawa Sihala Urumaya">Nawa Sihala Urumaya</a></td> <td>Bow and Arrow</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Achala_Ashoka_Suraweera&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Achala Ashoka Suraweera (page does not exist)">Achala Ashoka Suraweera</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jathika_Sangwardhena_Peramuna&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jathika Sangwardhena Peramuna (page does not exist)">Jathika Sangwardhena Peramuna</a></td> <td>Coconut</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2005_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2005 Sri Lankan presidential election">2005 presidential candidate</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/A.S.P_Liyanage" class="mw-redirect" title="A.S.P Liyanage">P.D.P.S. Anura Liyanage (A.S.P. Liyanage)</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Labour_Party" title="Sri Lanka Labour Party">Sri Lanka Labour Party</a></td> <td>Kangaroo</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chairman/Managing_Director_A.S.P._Group&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chairman/Managing Director A.S.P. Group (page does not exist)">Chairman/Managing Director A.S.P. Group</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td>Ven. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Battaramulle_Seelaratne_Thea&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battaramulle Seelaratne Thea (page does not exist)">Battaramulle Seelaratne Thea</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jana_Setha_Peramuna&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jana Setha Peramuna (page does not exist)">Jana Setha Peramuna</a></td> <td>Tractor</td> <td> <p><a href="/wiki/Buddhist_monk" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddhist monk">Buddhist monk</a><br />Withdrew candidacy on 14 January and endorsed Mahinda Rajapaksa<sup id="cite_ref-SLBC_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SLBC-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vikramabahu_Karunaratne" title="Vikramabahu Karunaratne">Vikramabahu Karunaratne</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Left_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" class="mw-redirect" title="Left Front (Sri Lanka)">Left Front</a></td> <td>Table</td> <td>Veteran left-wing politician and leader of the <a href="/wiki/Left_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" class="mw-redirect" title="Left Front (Sri Lanka)">Left Front</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nava_Sama_Samaja_Party" title="Nava Sama Samaja Party">Nava Sama Samaja Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aithurus_M._Illias&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aithurus M. Illias (page does not exist)">Aithurus M. Illias</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a></td> <td>Pineapple</td> <td>Former <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Muslim_Congress" title="Sri Lanka Muslim Congress">SLMC</a> MP for <a href="/wiki/Jaffna_Electoral_District" title="Jaffna Electoral District">Jaffna</a><br />Withdrew candidacy on 24 January and endorsed Sarath Fonseka.<sup id="cite_ref-dm-illias_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dm-illias-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wije_Dias&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wije Dias (page does not exist)">Wije Dias</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Equality_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)">Socialist Equality Party</a></td> <td>Pair of Scissors</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2005_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2005 Sri Lankan presidential election">2005 presidential candidate</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sarath_Kongahage&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sarath Kongahage (page does not exist)">Sarath Kongahage</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_National_Alternative_Front&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="United National Alternative Front (page does not exist)">United National Alternative Front</a></td> <td>Gate</td> <td>Former <a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> National List MP </td></tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=K.G.R.L._Perera&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="K.G.R.L. Perera (page does not exist)">K.G.R.L. Perera</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Our_National_Front&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Our National Front (page does not exist)">Our National Front</a></td> <td>Telephone</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._Mohamed_Musthaffa" class="mw-redirect" title="M. Mohamed Musthaffa">Meera Mohideen Mohamed Musthaffa</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a></td> <td>Hat</td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> National List MP and former Deputy Minister of Higher Education<br />Withdrew candidacy on 15 January and endorsed Sarath Fonseka.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>13</td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._K._Shivajilingam" title="M. K. Shivajilingam">M. K. Shivajilingam</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a></td> <td>Ship</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tamil_National_Alliance" title="Tamil National Alliance">TNA</a>/<a href="/wiki/TELO" class="mw-redirect" title="TELO">TELO</a> MP for <a href="/wiki/Jaffna_Electoral_District" title="Jaffna Electoral District">Jaffna</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>14</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=W.M.U.B._Wijekoon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="W.M.U.B. Wijekoon (page does not exist)">W.M.U.B. Wijekoon</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jackfruit" title="Jackfruit">Jackfruit</a></td> <td>Former <a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> MP for <a href="/wiki/Kurunegala_Electoral_District" title="Kurunegala Electoral District">Kurunegala</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>15</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=M.C.M._Ismail&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="M.C.M. Ismail (page does not exist)">M.C.M. Ismail</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_United_National_Front" title="Democratic United National Front">Democratic United National Front</a></td> <td>Eagle</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>16</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oswald_Aruna_de_Soysa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oswald Aruna de Soysa (page does not exist)">Oswald Aruna de Soysa</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ruhunu_Janatha_Party&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ruhunu Janatha Party (page does not exist)">Ruhunu Janatha Party</a></td> <td>Motor Car</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2005_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2005 Sri Lankan presidential election">2005 presidential candidate</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>17</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sanath_Pinnaduwa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sanath Pinnaduwa (page does not exist)">Sanath Pinnaduwa</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=National_Alliance_(Sri_Lanka)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="National Alliance (Sri Lanka) (page does not exist)">National Alliance</a></td> <td>Double Flags</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>18</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adurage_Senaratne_Silva&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Adurage Senaratne Silva (page does not exist)">Adurage Senaratne Silva</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Patriotic_National_Front&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Patriotic National Front (page does not exist)">Patriotic National Front</a></td> <td>Flag</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>19</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=C.J._Sugathsiri_Gamage&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="C.J. Sugathsiri Gamage (page does not exist)">C.J. Sugathsiri Gamage</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=United_Democratic_Front_(Sri_Lanka)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="United Democratic Front (Sri Lanka) (page does not exist)">United Democratic Front</a></td> <td>Rabbit</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>20</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=W.V._Mahiman_Ranjith&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="W.V. Mahiman Ranjith (page does not exist)">W.V. Mahiman Ranjith</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Almariah&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Almariah (page does not exist)">Almariah</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1999_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="1999 Sri Lankan presidential election">1999 presidential candidate</a>, former <a href="/wiki/United_National_Party" title="United National Party">UNP</a> MP for <a href="/wiki/Galle_Electoral_District" title="Galle Electoral District">Galle</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>One nomination—<a href="/w/index.php?title=J.A._Peter_Nelson_Perera&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="J.A. Peter Nelson Perera (page does not exist)">J.A. Peter Nelson Perera</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Progressive_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lanka Progressive Front">Sri Lanka Progressive Front</a>—was rejected on technical grounds. Five independent candidates ran as minor contenders. This was the most candidates in a Sri Lankan presidential election at the time, breaking the record of 13 in the 2005 presidential election.<sup id="cite_ref-ad-22accepted_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ad-22accepted-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Violence_and_violations_of_election_laws">Violence and violations of election laws</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2010_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Violence and violations of election laws"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-POV plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-POV" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Unbalanced_scales.svg/45px-Unbalanced_scales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="45" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Unbalanced_scales.svg/68px-Unbalanced_scales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Unbalanced_scales.svg/90px-Unbalanced_scales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="354" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">The <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">neutrality</a> of this article is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NPOV_dispute" title="Wikipedia:NPOV dispute">disputed</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Relevant discussion may be found on the <a href="/wiki/Talk:2010_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election##" title="Talk:2010 Sri Lankan presidential election">talk page</a>. Please do not remove this message until <a href="/wiki/Template:POV#When_to_remove" title="Template:POV">conditions to do so are met</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">December 2014</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Sri Lankan elections have a history of violence, misuse of state resources, and other violations of election laws. <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_police" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan police">Sri Lankan police</a> received nearly 975 election-related complaints, and 375 arrests were made relative thereto.<sup id="cite_ref-Jalaldeen_2010_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jalaldeen_2010-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Centre for Monitoring Election Violence (CMEV) had recorded 809 incidents from 23 November 2009, when the elections were officially announced, to 25 January 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>People’s Action for Free and Fair Elections</i> (PAFFREL) has recorded 666 incidents between 17 December 2009 and 25 January 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The UN, United States, and EU expressed concern over the level of violence.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Election monitoring groups stated that this election was the most violent in more than 20 years.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although supporters of both main candidates were blamed for the incidents, the responsibility for most was pinned on Rajapaksa's supporters.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, government politician <a href="/wiki/Wimal_Weerawansa" title="Wimal Weerawansa">Wimal Weerawansa</a> accused the opposition of orchestrating violence against their own supporters and meetings in order to blame Rajapaksa's backers.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the National Polls Observation Center, criminal gangs and deserters from the army were employed to incite violence.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The government promised tight security on the day of the election, deploying over 68,000 <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Police" title="Sri Lanka Police">policemen</a> to keep the polls safe, with the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Military" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan Military">Sri Lankan Military</a> providing additional support. The election monitoring group Centre for Free and Fair Elections deployed 6,500 monitors on election day, with the PAFFREL deploying a further 6,000, including 14 foreign monitors. The government denied rumours of possible post-election violence, with Foreign Minister <a href="/wiki/Rohitha_Bogollagama" title="Rohitha Bogollagama">Rohitha Bogollagama</a> saying, "I don't think the people of Sri Lanka have time for street protests. It has never happened."<sup id="cite_ref-Jayasekera_2010_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jayasekera_2010-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Election day was largely peaceful, with a few minor incidents reported.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <a href="/wiki/Inspector_General_of_Police_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Inspector General of Police (Sri Lanka)">Inspector General of Police</a> <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Balasuriya" title="Mahinda Balasuriya">Mahinda Balasuriya</a>, no major incidents occurred during the election.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A number of explosions, however, were heard in <a href="/wiki/Jaffna" title="Jaffna">Jaffna</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vavuniya" title="Vavuniya">Vavuniya</a> in the north of the country during the day.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Violence">Violence</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2010_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Violence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There were hundreds of violent incidents during the run-up to the election.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Officially, there have been four murders related to the election: </p> <ul><li>12 January 2010 – Kusumawathie Kuruppuarachchi, a 58-year-old mother was shot dead when gunmen on motorbikes opened fire on a bus carrying Fonseka supporters in Hungama, <a href="/wiki/Hambantota_District" title="Hambantota District">Hambantota District</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>16 January 2010 – Saman Kumara, a Rajapaksa supporter, was shot dead in a clash between supporters of the two main candidates in Madurankuliya, <a href="/wiki/Puttalam_District" title="Puttalam District">Puttalam District</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>18 January 2010 – Dhammika Herath, a 33-year-old businessman, was beaten to death whilst pasting posters supporting Fonseka in Wariyapola, <a href="/wiki/Kurunegala_District" title="Kurunegala District">Kurunegala District</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>18 January 2010 – D.M. Suranga Indrajith, a 27-year-old driver for government minister <a href="/wiki/Jayarathna_Herath" title="Jayarathna Herath">Jayarathna Herath</a>, was killed in a grenade attack in Vanduragala, <a href="/wiki/Kurunegala_District" title="Kurunegala District">Kurunegala District</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>The CMEV has linked a fifth death to the elections: </p> <ul><li>19 January 2010 – Lingeswaran, a Fonseka supporter, was found dead on the Kandy-Matale railway line in Warapitiya, <a href="/wiki/Matale_District" title="Matale District">Matale District</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Misuse_of_state_resources">Misuse of state resources</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2010_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Misuse of state resources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There were accusations of widespread misuse of state property during the election campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> State-owned institutions paid for numerous advertisements supporting Rajapaksa,<sup id="cite_ref-sl030110_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sl030110-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-is261209_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-is261209-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while public officials, state owned buildings and vehicles were allegedly used for Rajapaksa's campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-sl030110_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sl030110-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bbc270110_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc270110-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> State-owned television stations gave extensive coverage to Rajapaksa's campaign, with little mention of other candidates.<sup id="cite_ref-bbc270110_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbc270110-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Elections Commissioner Dissanayake criticised the government for not preventing the misuse of state resources.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Voting">Voting</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2010_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Voting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Postal_voting" title="Postal voting">Postal voting</a> for the presidential election took place on 12 and 13 January 2010. A grace period was granted until noon on 26 January for postal voters. Applications for this form of <a href="/wiki/Absentee_voting" class="mw-redirect" title="Absentee voting">absentee voting</a> totalled 458,154, with 401,118 applications accepted by the Elections Department.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More than 80% of postal voters cast their votes on 12 and 13 January, this period ending with "no major incidents" according to the National Polls Observation Centre and the People's Action for Free and Fair Election (PAFFREL).<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Voting for the presidential election began at 7:00 am on 26 January 2010. A total of 11,098 election centres and 888 counting centres were set up throughout the country.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Elections Commissioner had requested that voters cast their ballots early in the day.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rajapaksa voted in the morning at Medamulana,<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as did opposition leader <a href="/wiki/Ranil_Wickremesinghe" title="Ranil Wickremesinghe">Ranil Wickremesinghe</a> in Colombo.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Candidate Fonseka did not vote, claiming that he had not been allowed to do so despite his eligibility.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The government later challenged this, stating that if he were not qualified to vote, he would "not (be) entitled to become elected".<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It announced that legal action would be sought against his candidacy,<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although the election commissioner had ruled that he was eligible to run in the election.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the time voting ended at 4.00 pm, over 70% of eligible voters had turned out, though in the Northern and Eastern provinces, figures were less than 20%.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sri Lanka's stock market recorded an all-time high on election day; the <a href="/wiki/Colombo_Stock_Exchange" title="Colombo Stock Exchange">Colombo Stock Exchange</a> jumped 1.58%, putting it up 131% since the end of the war.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2010_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Final turnout was 74.5%, with 10,495,451 voting out of the 14,088,500 voters registered. Of these, 10,393,613 were ruled valid votes, with 101,838 rejected. According to the end result, Rajapaksa was elected to a second term of office with 6,015,934 votes, or 57.88% of the vote. Fonseka finished second with 4,173,185 votes, or 40.15%.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fonseka announced that he did not accept the results, and that legal action would be taken. Supporters of Rajapaksa took to the streets on the announcement of the result, waving national flags and lighting firecrackers.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rajapaksa called his victory "a choice of the people" and that he was then President of everyone in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"><caption></caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2">Candidate</th><th scope="col">Party</th><th scope="col">Votes</th><th scope="col">%</th></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#0D3B90"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Freedom_Party" title="Sri Lanka Freedom Party">Sri Lanka Freedom Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">6,015,934</td><td style="text-align:right">57.88</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#2C5A45"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Sarath_Fonseka" title="Sarath Fonseka">Sarath Fonseka</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/New_Democratic_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" title="New Democratic Front (Sri Lanka)">New Democratic Front</a></td><td style="text-align:right">4,173,185</td><td style="text-align:right">40.15</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:green"></td><td>Mohomad Cassim Mohomad Ismail</td><td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_United_National_Front" title="Democratic United National Front">Democratic United National Front</a></td><td style="text-align:right">39,226</td><td style="text-align:right">0.38</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>Achala Ashoka Suraweera</td><td>National Development Front</td><td style="text-align:right">26,266</td><td style="text-align:right">0.25</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#add8e6"></td><td>Channa Janaka Sugathsiri Gamage</td><td>United Democratic Front</td><td style="text-align:right">23,290</td><td style="text-align:right">0.22</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#DCDCDC"></td><td>W. V. Mahiman Ranjith</td><td>Independent</td><td style="text-align:right">18,747</td><td style="text-align:right">0.18</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#0C9DD4"></td><td><a href="/wiki/A._S._P_Liyanage" class="mw-redirect" title="A. S. P Liyanage">A. S. P Liyanage</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Labour_Party" title="Sri Lanka Labour Party">Sri Lanka Labour Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">14,220</td><td style="text-align:right">0.14</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:maroon"></td><td>Sarath Manamendra</td><td><a href="/wiki/New_Sinhala_Heritage" title="New Sinhala Heritage">New Sinhala Heritage</a></td><td style="text-align:right">9,684</td><td style="text-align:right">0.09</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#DCDCDC"></td><td><a href="/wiki/M._K._Shivajilingam" title="M. K. Shivajilingam">M. K. Shivajilingam</a></td><td>Independent</td><td style="text-align:right">9,662</td><td style="text-align:right">0.09</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#DCDCDC"></td><td>Ukkubanda Wijekoon</td><td>Independent</td><td style="text-align:right">9,381</td><td style="text-align:right">0.09</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>Lal Perera</td><td>Our National Front</td><td style="text-align:right">9,353</td><td style="text-align:right">0.09</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FF0000"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Siritunga_Jayasuriya" title="Siritunga Jayasuriya">Siritunga Jayasuriya</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/United_Socialist_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="United Socialist Party (Sri Lanka)">United Socialist Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">8,352</td><td style="text-align:right">0.08</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FF0000"></td><td><a href="/wiki/Vikramabahu_Karunaratne" title="Vikramabahu Karunaratne">Vikramabahu Karunaratne</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Left_Front_(Sri_Lanka)" class="mw-redirect" title="Left Front (Sri Lanka)">Left Front</a></td><td style="text-align:right">7,055</td><td style="text-align:right">0.07</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#DCDCDC"></td><td>Aithurus M. Illias</td><td>Independent</td><td style="text-align:right">6,131</td><td style="text-align:right">0.06</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#FF0000"></td><td>Wije Dias</td><td><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Equality_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)">Socialist Equality Party</a></td><td style="text-align:right">4,195</td><td style="text-align:right">0.04</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>Sanath Pinnaduwa</td><td>National Alliance</td><td style="text-align:right">3,523</td><td style="text-align:right">0.03</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#DCDCDC"></td><td><a href="/wiki/M._Mohamed_Musthaffa" class="mw-redirect" title="M. Mohamed Musthaffa">M. Mohamed Musthaffa</a></td><td>Independent</td><td style="text-align:right">3,134</td><td style="text-align:right">0.03</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>Battaramulle Seelarathana Thero</td><td>Jana Setha Peramuna</td><td style="text-align:right">2,770</td><td style="text-align:right">0.03</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>Senaratna de Silva</td><td>Patriotic National Front</td><td style="text-align:right">2,620</td><td style="text-align:right">0.03</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>Aruna de Zoyza</td><td>Ruhuna People's Party</td><td style="text-align:right">2,618</td><td style="text-align:right">0.03</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>Upali Sarath Kongahage</td><td>United National Alternative Front</td><td style="text-align:right">2,260</td><td style="text-align:right">0.02</td></tr><tr><td style="width:0px;background-color:#F8F9FA"></td><td>Muthu Bandara Theminimulla</td><td>All Are Citizens, All Are Kings Organisation</td><td style="text-align:right">2,007</td><td style="text-align:right">0.02</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"><td colspan="3">Total</td><td style="text-align:right">10,393,613</td><td style="text-align:right">100.00</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom"><td colspan="5" style="color:black;background:#eaecf0"></td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="3" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Valid votes</th><td>10,393,613</td><td>99.03</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="3" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Invalid/blank votes</th><td>101,838</td><td>0.97</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold;text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="3" style="text-align:left;background:inherit;color:inherit">Total votes</th><td>10,495,451</td><td>100.00</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><th scope="row" colspan="3" style="text-align:left;font-weight:normal;color:inherit;background:inherit">Registered voters/turnout</th><td>14,088,500</td><td>74.50</td></tr><tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align:right"><td colspan="5" style="text-align:left">Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.slelections.gov.lk/presidential2010/AIVOT.html">Election Commission</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="District_results">District results</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2010_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: District results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="background:#B0CEFF"> <td>Districts won by <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Rajapaksa</a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #66EE66;"> <td>Districts won by <a href="/wiki/Sarath_Fonseka" title="Sarath Fonseka">Fonseka</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;"> <caption>Summary of the 2010 Sri Lankan presidential election by electoral district<sup id="cite_ref-slelections.gov.lk_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-slelections.gov.lk-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_districts_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Electoral districts of Sri Lanka">District</a> </th> <th rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Provinces of Sri Lanka">Province</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Rajapaksa</a> </th> <th colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Sarath_Fonseka" title="Sarath Fonseka">Fonseka</a> </th> <th colspan="2">Others </th> <th rowspan="3">Turnout </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="background:#1609F7"></th> <th colspan="2" style="background:#2C5A45"></th> <th colspan="2"> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Votes</th> <th align="center">%</th> <th>Votes</th> <th align="center">%</th> <th>Votes</th> <th align="center">% </th></tr> <tr style="background:#B0CEFF"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Colombo_Electoral_District" title="Colombo Electoral District">Colombo</a> </td> <td>Western </td> <td><b>614,740</b> </td> <td><b>52.93%</b> </td> <td>533,022 </td> <td>45.90% </td> <td>13,620 </td> <td>1.17% </td> <td>77.06% </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0CEFF"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Gampaha_Electoral_District" title="Gampaha Electoral District">Gampaha</a> </td> <td>Western </td> <td><b>718,716</b> </td> <td><b>61.66%</b> </td> <td>434,506 </td> <td>37.28% </td> <td>12,426 </td> <td>1.07% </td> <td>79.66% </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0CEFF"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kalutara_Electoral_District" title="Kalutara Electoral District">Kalutara</a> </td> <td>Western </td> <td><b>412,562</b> </td> <td><b>63.06%</b> </td> <td>231,807 </td> <td>35.43% </td> <td>9,880 </td> <td>1.51% </td> <td>81.01% </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0CEFF"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kandy_Electoral_District" title="Kandy Electoral District">Kandy</a> </td> <td>Central </td> <td><b>406,636</b> </td> <td><b>54.16%</b> </td> <td>329,492 </td> <td>43.89% </td> <td>14,658 </td> <td>1.95% </td> <td>78.26% </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0CEFF"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Matale_Electoral_District" title="Matale Electoral District">Matale</a> </td> <td>Central </td> <td><b>157,953</b> </td> <td><b>59.74%</b> </td> <td>100,513 </td> <td>38.01% </td> <td>5,953 </td> <td>2.25% </td> <td>77.94% </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #66EE66;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Nuwara_Eliya_Electoral_District" title="Nuwara Eliya Electoral District">Nuwara Eliya</a> </td> <td>Central </td> <td>151,604 </td> <td>43.77% </td> <td><b>180,604</b> </td> <td><b>52.14%</b> </td> <td>14,174 </td> <td>4.09% </td> <td>77.19% </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0CEFF"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Galle_Electoral_District" title="Galle Electoral District">Galle</a> </td> <td>Southern </td> <td><b>386,971</b> </td> <td><b>63.69%</b> </td> <td>211,633 </td> <td>34.83% </td> <td>9,017 </td> <td>1.48% </td> <td>80.25% </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0CEFF"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Matara_Electoral_District" title="Matara Electoral District">Matara</a> </td> <td>Southern </td> <td><b>296,155</b> </td> <td><b>65.53%</b> </td> <td>148,510 </td> <td>32.86% </td> <td>7,264 </td> <td>1.61% </td> <td>78.60% </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0CEFF"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Hambantota_Electoral_District" title="Hambantota Electoral District">Hambantota</a> </td> <td>Southern </td> <td><b>226,887</b> </td> <td><b>67.21%</b> </td> <td>105,336 </td> <td>31.20% </td> <td>5,341 </td> <td>1.58% </td> <td>80.67% </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #66EE66;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Jaffna_Electoral_District" title="Jaffna Electoral District">Jaffna</a> </td> <td>Northern </td> <td>44,154 </td> <td>24.75% </td> <td><b>113,877</b> </td> <td><b>63.84%</b> </td> <td>20,338 </td> <td>11.40% </td> <td>25.66% </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #66EE66;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Vanni_Electoral_District" title="Vanni Electoral District">Vanni</a> </td> <td>Northern </td> <td>28,740 </td> <td>27.31% </td> <td><b>70,367</b> </td> <td><b>66.86%</b> </td> <td>6,145 </td> <td>5.84% </td> <td>40.33% </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #66EE66;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Batticaloa_Electoral_District" title="Batticaloa Electoral District">Batticaloa</a> </td> <td>Eastern </td> <td>55,663 </td> <td>26.27% </td> <td><b>146,057</b> </td> <td><b>68.93%</b> </td> <td>10,171 </td> <td>4.80% </td> <td>64.83% </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #66EE66;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Ampara_Electoral_District" title="Ampara Electoral District">Digamadulla</a> </td> <td>Eastern </td> <td>146,912 </td> <td>47.92% </td> <td><b>153,105</b> </td> <td><b>49.94%</b> </td> <td>10,171 </td> <td>4.80% </td> <td>73.54% </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #66EE66;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Trincomalee_Electoral_District" title="Trincomalee Electoral District">Trincomalee</a> </td> <td>Eastern </td> <td>69,752 </td> <td>43.04% </td> <td><b>87,661</b> </td> <td><b>54.09%</b> </td> <td>4,659 </td> <td>2.87% </td> <td>68.22% </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0CEFF"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kurunegala_Electoral_District" title="Kurunegala Electoral District">Kurunegala</a> </td> <td>North Western </td> <td><b>582,784</b> </td> <td><b>63.08%</b> </td> <td>327,594 </td> <td>35.46% </td> <td>13,515 </td> <td>1.46% </td> <td>78.62% </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0CEFF"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Puttalam_Electoral_District" title="Puttalam Electoral District">Puttalam</a> </td> <td>North Western </td> <td><b>201,981</b> </td> <td><b>58.70%</b> </td> <td>136,233 </td> <td>39.59% </td> <td>5,899 </td> <td>1.71% </td> <td>70.02% </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0CEFF"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Anuradhapura_Electoral_District" title="Anuradhapura Electoral District">Anuradhapura</a> </td> <td>North Central </td> <td><b>298,448</b> </td> <td><b>66.32%</b> </td> <td>143,761 </td> <td>31.94% </td> <td>7,829 </td> <td>1.74% </td> <td>78.35% </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0CEFF"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Polonnaruwa_Electoral_District" title="Polonnaruwa Electoral District">Polonnauwa</a> </td> <td>North Central </td> <td><b>144,889</b> </td> <td><b>64.92%</b> </td> <td>75,026 </td> <td>33.62% </td> <td>3,260 </td> <td>1.46% </td> <td>80.13% </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0CEFF"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Badulla_Electoral_District" title="Badulla Electoral District">Badulla</a> </td> <td>Uva </td> <td><b>237,579</b> </td> <td><b>53.23%</b> </td> <td>198,835 </td> <td>44.55% </td> <td>9,880 </td> <td>2.21% </td> <td>78.70% </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0CEFF"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Monaragala_Electoral_District" title="Monaragala Electoral District">Monaragala</a> </td> <td>Uva </td> <td><b>158,435</b> </td> <td><b>69.01%</b> </td> <td>66,803 </td> <td>29.10% </td> <td>4,346 </td> <td>1.89% </td> <td>77.12% </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0CEFF"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Ratnapura_Electoral_District" title="Ratnapura Electoral District">Ratnapura</a> </td> <td>Sabaragamuwa </td> <td><b>377,734</b> </td> <td><b>63.76%</b> </td> <td>203,566 </td> <td>34.36% </td> <td>11,126 </td> <td>1.88% </td> <td>81.24% </td></tr> <tr style="background:#B0CEFF"> <td style="text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Kegalle_Electoral_District" title="Kegalle Electoral District">Kegalle</a> </td> <td>Sabaragamuwa </td> <td><b>296,639</b> </td> <td><b>61.80%</b> </td> <td>174,877 </td> <td>36.44% </td> <td>8,448 </td> <td>1.76% </td> <td>78.76% </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold"> <td colspan="2" align="left">Total </td> <td>6,015,934 </td> <td>57.88% </td> <td>4,173,185 </td> <td>40.15% </td> <td>204,494 </td> <td>1.97% </td> <td>74.50% </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Maps">Maps</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2010_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Maps"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 255.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 253.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sri_Lankan_Presidential_Election_2010.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Winners of polling divisions"><img alt="Winners of polling divisions" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Sri_Lankan_Presidential_Election_2010.png/380px-Sri_Lankan_Presidential_Election_2010.png" decoding="async" width="254" height="400" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Sri_Lankan_Presidential_Election_2010.png/570px-Sri_Lankan_Presidential_Election_2010.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Sri_Lankan_Presidential_Election_2010.png 2x" data-file-width="648" data-file-height="1022" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Winners of polling divisions</div> </li> <li 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districts</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 258px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 256px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wahlkreiskarte_Praesidentschaft_Sri_Lanka_2010.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Majorities according to polling divisions"><img alt="Majorities according to polling divisions" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Wahlkreiskarte_Praesidentschaft_Sri_Lanka_2010.svg/384px-Wahlkreiskarte_Praesidentschaft_Sri_Lanka_2010.svg.png" decoding="async" width="256" height="400" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Wahlkreiskarte_Praesidentschaft_Sri_Lanka_2010.svg/576px-Wahlkreiskarte_Praesidentschaft_Sri_Lanka_2010.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Wahlkreiskarte_Praesidentschaft_Sri_Lanka_2010.svg/768px-Wahlkreiskarte_Praesidentschaft_Sri_Lanka_2010.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="454" data-file-height="709" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Majorities according to polling divisions</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 258px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 256px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Wahlbezirkskarte_Praesidentschaft_Sri_Lanka_2010.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Majorities according to electoral districts"><img alt="Majorities according to electoral districts" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Wahlbezirkskarte_Praesidentschaft_Sri_Lanka_2010.svg/384px-Wahlbezirkskarte_Praesidentschaft_Sri_Lanka_2010.svg.png" decoding="async" width="256" height="400" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Wahlbezirkskarte_Praesidentschaft_Sri_Lanka_2010.svg/576px-Wahlbezirkskarte_Praesidentschaft_Sri_Lanka_2010.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Wahlbezirkskarte_Praesidentschaft_Sri_Lanka_2010.svg/768px-Wahlbezirkskarte_Praesidentschaft_Sri_Lanka_2010.svg.png 2x" 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State-owned news media all but shut out opposition candidates.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Election commissioner Dayananda Dissanayake said the state media violated his guidelines, government institutions misbehaved, and he asked for approval to resign: "I request to be released," he said, just after he announced the results. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Post-election_events">Post-election events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2010_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Post-election events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On the morning of 27 January, the Sri Lankan military surrounded a hotel where Fonseka and a number of opposition politicians had convened. The military claimed that 400 armed army <a href="/wiki/Deserters" class="mw-redirect" title="Deserters">deserters</a> had gathered there, and demanded their surrender.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fonseka accused the military of preparing to arrest him if he won the elections. However, according to a military spokesman, they were there merely as a preventive measure, as the purpose of the gathering was uncertain.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The military later arrested 10 men, who the opposition claimed were members of Fonseka's security contingent and not army deserters.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Plot_to_assassinate_Rajapaska_and_government_officers">Plot to assassinate Rajapaska and government officers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2010_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Plot to assassinate Rajapaska and government officers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At a press briefing held on Thursday, 28 January, the Director of the Media Centre for National Security, Lakshman Hulugalle, told reporters that Gen. Fonseka moved into the hotel with over 70 retired army officers and deserters to plot the assassination of victorious President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his family.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Lanka_Ministry_of_Defence&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sri Lanka Ministry of Defence (page does not exist)">Sri Lanka Ministry of Defence</a> reported that they were still looking for evidence to prove Mr. Fonseka's involvement.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_reaction">International reaction</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2010_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: International reaction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span>India – President <a href="/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil">Pratibha Patil</a> and Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a> on Wednesday congratulated Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on his re-election and expressed confidence that the country would find lasting peace in which all communities would live with dignity and harmony. President Patil said, "I am confident that under your continued leadership, Sri Lanka will attain greater heights and find lasting peace." Prime Minister Singh said Rajapaksa's electoral success "is a reflection of the trust" the people of Sri Lanka had placed in him.<sup id="cite_ref-Rediff_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rediff-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/State_of_Palestine" title="State of Palestine"><img alt="State of Palestine" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Palestine.svg/23px-Flag_of_Palestine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Palestine.svg/35px-Flag_of_Palestine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Flag_of_Palestine.svg/46px-Flag_of_Palestine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Palestinian_Popular_Struggle_Front" title="Palestinian Popular Struggle Front">Palestinian Popular Struggle Front</a> – The Front sent a letter in support of President Rajapaksa. "On behalf of the Palestinians in and out of Palestine, (we) express (our) grateful thanks to President Mahinda Rajapasksa, who has been fighting for the Palestinians during the last 40 years."<sup id="cite_ref-Asian_Tribune_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Asian_Tribune-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> – UN chief <a href="/wiki/Ban_Ki-moon" title="Ban Ki-moon">Ban Ki-moon</a> on Wednesday voiced relief that Sri Lanka's presidential polls went off relatively peacefully, and urged the country's political parties to abide by the official results. Secretary-General Ban stated, "I had been concerned at the level of violence during the campaign. I am relieved that the vote yesterday appears to have been relatively peaceful, despite some violent incidents."<sup id="cite_ref-All_India_Radio_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-All_India_Radio-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_State" title="United States Department of State">United States Department of State</a> – The United States Embassy in Colombo release a statement which read, "The United States congratulates Sri Lanka for the first nationwide election in decades and President Rajapaksa on his victory. We look forward to continuing the partnership between our two countries and working with the Government and the people to support a peaceful and prosperous Sri Lanka."<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> State Department spokesman Philip Crowley told reporters, "I think it is remarkable when you consider what Sri Lanka has come through recently. There is a process for resolving electoral disputes. We're obviously aware that there have been claims of victory and counterclaims" and ruled out further comment at that time.<sup id="cite_ref-Yahoo_News_Australia_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yahoo_News_Australia-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Flag_of_Russia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Russia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span>Russia – Russian President <a href="/wiki/Dmitry_Medvedev" title="Dmitry Medvedev">Dmitry Medvedev</a> in his congratulation message says that the policy been conducted by the president aimed at economic development and strengthening of stability will continue to settle social and political issues in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-SLBC_russian_congrats_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SLBC_russian_congrats-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span>Japan – The Government of Japan has congratulated President <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a> on his victory at the recently concluded presidential election. <a href="/wiki/Katsuya_Okada" title="Katsuya Okada">Katsuya Okada</a>, Japanese Foreign Minister, issuing a communique, states that the Japanese government hopes the resettlement of displaced persons will be expedited in a country that has shown steady progress.<sup id="cite_ref-Newsfirst.lk_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Newsfirst.lk-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/16px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/25px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/33px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="726" data-file-height="885" /></span></span>   </span>Nepal – Nepali Congress (NC) President <a href="/wiki/Girija_Prasad_Koirala" title="Girija Prasad Koirala">Girija Prasad Koirala</a> has congratulated incumbent Sri Lankan President <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a> for his victory in the presidential election of Sri Lanka for the second time. He further went on to say "Your victory to the post of President is the result of your vital role to the establishment of peace, ending longtime armed conflict in Sri Lanka". He expressed his confidence that the peace and human rights would be institutionalised during Rajapaksa's term of office.<sup id="cite_ref-eKantipur_Daily_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-eKantipur_Daily-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/23px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/35px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Vietnam.svg/45px-Flag_of_Vietnam.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span>Viet Nam – Vietnam's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Nguyen Phuong Nga congratulated Mahinda Rajapaksa's re-election as president. "We hope the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan people">Sri Lankan people</a>, under the clear-sighted leadership of <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a>, will attain still greater achievements in national reconstruction and development," she said.<sup id="cite_ref-english.vietnamnet.vn_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-english.vietnamnet.vn-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/23px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/35px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Flag_of_Europe.svg/45px-Flag_of_Europe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="810" data-file-height="540" /></span></span> </span>EU – Welcoming the peaceful conduct of Presidential polls in Sri Lanka, the <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> today promised all out support for bringing political reconciliation in the country ravaged by decades of ethnic conflict. Congratulating President <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Mahinda Rajapaksa</a> for winning the 26 January polls, it "welcomed that the Presidential Elections in Sri Lanka, the first election of this kind for many years, took place in an overall peaceful environment.<sup id="cite_ref-ptinews_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ptinews-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> </span>Norway – Minister of the Environment and International Development <a href="/wiki/Erik_Solheim" title="Erik Solheim">Erik Solheim</a> has congratulated President <a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapakse" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahinda Rajapakse">Mahinda Rajapakse</a> on his re-election on 26 January. In his message Solheim stated that "I would like to congratulate President Rajapakse. Norway and Sri Lanka enjoy close and longstanding bilateral relations. We intend to continue our cooperation with the Government and people of Sri Lanka with a view to promoting lasting peace and development, We note that the election itself was relatively peaceful. However, we are concerned by reports of unrest and violent incidents during the lead-up to the election, as well as of possible violations of the election law. We urge that these allegations be investigated in accordance with Sri Lankan law and the country’s democratic traditions."<sup id="cite_ref-NMoFA_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NMoFA-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2010_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2010_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-news.lk-election-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-news.lk-election_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.lk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12489&Itemid=44">"President decides to hold the Presidential Election"</a>. <i>Government Information Department</i>. 23 November 2009. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171116082920/https://news.lk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12489&Itemid=44">Archived</a> from the original on 16 November 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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title="2024 Sri Lankan presidential election">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Next_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="Next Sri Lankan presidential election"><i>Next</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Parliament of Sri Lanka">Parliamentary</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1911_Ceylonese_Legislative_Council_election" title="1911 Ceylonese Legislative Council election">1911</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1917_Ceylonese_Legislative_Council_election" title="1917 Ceylonese Legislative Council election">1917</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1921_Ceylonese_Legislative_Council_election" title="1921 Ceylonese Legislative Council election">1921</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1924_Ceylonese_Legislative_Council_election" title="1924 Ceylonese Legislative Council election">1924</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1931_Ceylonese_State_Council_election" title="1931 Ceylonese State Council election">1931</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1936_Ceylonese_State_Council_election" title="1936 Ceylonese State Council election">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1947_Ceylonese_parliamentary_election" title="1947 Ceylonese parliamentary election">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Ceylonese_parliamentary_election" title="1952 Ceylonese parliamentary election">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Ceylonese_parliamentary_election" title="1956 Ceylonese parliamentary election">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_1960_Ceylonese_parliamentary_election" title="March 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election">1960 (Mar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_1960_Ceylonese_parliamentary_election" title="July 1960 Ceylonese parliamentary election">1960 (Jul)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Ceylonese_parliamentary_election" title="1965 Ceylonese parliamentary election">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Ceylonese_parliamentary_election" title="1970 Ceylonese parliamentary election">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="1977 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2024 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Provincial</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1988_North_Eastern_Provincial_Council_election" title="1988 North Eastern Provincial Council election">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1993_Sri_Lankan_provincial_council_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1993 Sri Lankan provincial council elections (page does not exist)">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1994_Sri_Lankan_provincial_council_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1994 Sri Lankan provincial council elections (page does not exist)">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Sri_Lankan_provincial_council_elections" title="1999 Sri Lankan provincial council elections">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Sri_Lankan_provincial_council_elections" title="2004 Sri Lankan provincial council elections">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Sri_Lankan_provincial_council_elections" title="2008–09 Sri Lankan provincial council elections">2008–09</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Sri_Lankan_provincial_council_elections" title="2012 Sri Lankan provincial council elections">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Sri_Lankan_provincial_council_elections" title="2013 Sri Lankan provincial council elections">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2014_Sri_Lankan_provincial_council_elections" title="March 2014 Sri Lankan provincial council elections">2014 (Mar)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Uva_Provincial_Council_election" title="2014 Uva Provincial Council election">2014 (Sep)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Local</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1977_Sri_Lankan_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1977 Sri Lankan local elections (page does not exist)">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1981_Sri_Lankan_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1981 Sri Lankan local elections (page does not exist)">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1983_Sri_Lankan_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1983 Sri Lankan local elections (page does not exist)">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1991_Sri_Lankan_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1991 Sri Lankan local elections (page does not exist)">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1994_Sri_Lankan_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1994 Sri Lankan local elections (page does not exist)">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Sri_Lankan_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1997 Sri Lankan local elections (page does not exist)">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Sri_Lankan_local_elections" title="1998 Sri Lankan local elections">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2002_Sri_Lankan_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2002 Sri Lankan local elections (page does not exist)">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_Sri_Lankan_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2003 Sri Lankan local elections (page does not exist)">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Sri_Lankan_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2006 Sri Lankan local elections (page does not exist)">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Sri_Lankan_local_elections&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 Sri Lankan local elections (page does not exist)">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Sri_Lankan_local_elections" title="2009 Sri Lankan local elections">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Sri_Lankan_local_elections" title="2011 Sri Lankan local elections">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Sri_Lankan_local_elections" title="2018 Sri Lankan local elections">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Elpitiya_Pradeshiya_Sabha_election" title="2019 Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha election">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Elpitiya_Pradeshiya_Sabha_election" title="2024 Elpitiya Pradeshiya Sabha election">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Next_Sri_Lankan_local_elections" title="Next Sri Lankan local elections"><i>Next</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Referendums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1982_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_term_extension_referendum" title="1982 Sri Lankan parliamentary term extension referendum">1982</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Mahinda_Rajapaksa" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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title="President of Sri Lanka">President of Sri Lanka</a> (2005–2015)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Prime Ministers of Sri Lanka">13th</a> <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Prime Minister of Sri Lanka">Prime Minister of Sri Lanka</a> (2004–2005), (2018), (2019–2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Sri_Lankan_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament">Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament</a> for <a href="/wiki/Kurunegala_Electoral_District" title="Kurunegala Electoral District">Kurunegala</a> (2015–present)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Sri_Lankan_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament">Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament</a> for <a href="/wiki/Hambantota_Electoral_District" title="Hambantota Electoral District">Hambantota</a> (1989–2005)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Sri_Lankan_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament">Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament</a> for <a href="/wiki/Beliatta_Electoral_District" title="Beliatta Electoral District">Beliatta</a> (1970–1977)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa#Presidency" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Presidency</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/13th_Sri_Lankan_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="13th Sri Lankan Parliament">13th Sri Lankan Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th_Sri_Lankan_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="14th Sri Lankan Parliament">14th Sri Lankan Parliament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa_cabinets" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa cabinets">Cabinets</a></li> <li><a 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Rajapaksa">Post-presidency</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2015_alleged_Sri_Lankan_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_attempt" class="mw-redirect" title="2015 alleged Sri Lankan coup d'état attempt">2015 alleged Sri Lankan coup d'état attempt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Sri_Lankan_constitutional_crisis" title="2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis">2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Premiership" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Mahinda_Rajapaksa#Prime_Minister_(2019–2022)" title="Mahinda Rajapaksa">Premiership</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/16th_Sri_Lankan_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="16th Sri Lankan Parliament">16th Sri Lankan Parliament</a></li> <li>Cabinets <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Gotabaya_Rajapaksa_cabinet" title="First Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet">First</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Gotabaya_Rajapaksa_cabinet" title="Second Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet">Second</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Gotabaya_Rajapaksa_cabinet" title="Third Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet">Third</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%93present_Sri_Lankan_economic_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="2019–present Sri Lankan economic crisis">2019 economic crisis</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2022_Sri_Lankan_protests" title="2022 Sri Lankan protests">2022 Sri Lankan protests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Sri_Lankan_political_crisis" title="2022 Sri Lankan political crisis">2022 Sri Lankan political crisis</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Electoral history</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Parliamentary <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1970_Ceylonese_parliamentary_election" title="1970 Ceylonese parliamentary election">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="1977 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="1989 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2001 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2004 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election" title="2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election">2020</a></li></ul></li> <li>Presidential <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2005_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2005 Sri Lankan presidential election">2005</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Sri_Lankan_presidential_election" title="2015 Sri Lankan presidential election">2015</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Rajapaksa_family" title="Rajapaksa family">Family</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shiranthi_Rajapaksa" class="mw-redirect" title="Shiranthi Rajapaksa">Shiranthi Rajapaksa</a> (spouse)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Namal_Rajapaksa" title="Namal Rajapaksa">Namal Rajapaksa</a> (son)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoshitha_Rajapaksa" title="Yoshitha Rajapaksa">Yoshitha Rajapaksa</a> (son)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rohitha_Rajapaksa" title="Rohitha Rajapaksa">Rohitha Rajapaksa</a> (son)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._A._Rajapaksa" title="D. A. Rajapaksa">D. A. Rajapaksa</a> (father)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chamal_Rajapaksa" title="Chamal Rajapaksa">Chamal Rajapaksa</a> (brother)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shashindra_Rajapaksa" class="mw-redirect" title="Shashindra Rajapaksa">Shashindra Rajapaksa</a> (nephew)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gotabaya_Rajapaksa" title="Gotabaya Rajapaksa">Gotabaya Rajapaksa</a> (brother)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basil_Rajapaksa" title="Basil Rajapaksa">Basil Rajapaksa</a> (brother)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._M._Rajapaksa" title="D. M. Rajapaksa">D. M. 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