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Encyclopedia > Sri Lankan presidential election, 1982
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Sri Lanka
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Sri Lankan coat of arms This image depicts a seal, an emblem, a coat of arms or a crest. ... Politics of Sri Lanka takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Sri Lanka is both head of state and head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. ...

Flag of the President of Sri Lanka // List of presidents The following is a list of Sri Lankan Presidents. ... Percy Mahendra Mahinda Rajapaksa (born November 18, 1945) is the President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, and a Sri Lankan politician. ... The following is a list of Sri Lankan Prime Ministers: Don Stephen Senanayake (February 4, 1948 - March 26, 1952) Dudley Shelton Senanayake (March 26, 1952 - October 12, 1953) John Lionel Kotalawela (October 12, 1953 - April 12, 1956) Solomon Ridgeway Dias Bandaranaike (April 12, 1956 - September 26, 1959) Wijeyananda Dahanayake (September... Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (b. ... The Parliament of Sri Lanka is a unicameral 225-member legislature elected by universal suffrage and proportional representation for a six-year term. ... This article lists political parties in Sri Lanka. ... During the Donoughmore period of political experimentation (1931-48), several Sri Lanka leftist parties were formed. ... Politics of Sri Lanka Categories: Election related stubs | Elections in Sri Lanka ... The Sri Lanka Independence Struggle against British rule was often dormant but eventually succeeded in winning independence for Sri Lanka in 1948. ... The ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka is an ongoing conflict between the majority Sinhalese and minority Tamils on the island-nation of Sri Lanka. ... Sri Lanka traditionally follows a nonaligned foreign policy but has been seeking closer relations with the United States since December 1977. ...

Elections were held to the presidency of Sri Lanka September 17, 1982. Electoral participation was 81.06%. September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Nationwide Results

Candidate Party Votes %
J.R. Jayawardene United National Party 3,450,811 52.91
H.S.R.B. Kobbekaduwa Sri Lanka Freedom Party 2,548,438 39.07
Rohana Wijeweera Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 273,428 4.19
G.G. Ponnambalam All Ceylon Tamil Congress 173,934 2.67
Dr. Colvin R. de Silva Lanka Sama Samaja Party 58,531 0.90
Vasudeva Nanayakakra Nava Sama Samaja Party 17,005 0.26
Valid votes: 6,522,147
Invalid votes: 80,470
Total: 6,602,617

Junius Richard Jayewardene (September 17, 1906 November 1, 1996), famously abbreviated in Sri Lanka as JR, was the president of Sri Lanka from 1978 until 1989. ... The United National Party (UNP, Sinhalese:(pronounced Eksath Jathika Pakshaya), Tamil: ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி) is a political party in Sri Lanka. ... The Sri Lanka Freedom Party is a major political party in Sri Lanka. ... Rohana Wijeweera (born 14 July 1943 - died 13 November 1989) was the leader of the JVP, a prominent follower of Che Guevara and Sri Lankan revolutionary whose communist views of spreading wealth to the poorer classes earned him great popularity. ... The Peoples Liberation Front (Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna) is a nationalist Marxist political party in Sri Lanka. ... ACTC flag ACTC election symbol All Ceylon Tamil Congress (in Tamil: அகில இலங்கைத் தமிழ்க் காங்கிரஸ்), the oldest Tamil political party in Sri Lanka. ... Dr. Colvin R. de Silva (-1987) was a Trotskyist leader and lawyer in Sri Lanka. ... The Lanka Sama Samaja Party (literally Ceylon Equal Society Party, in Sinhala: ලංකා සම සමාජ පක්ෂය, in Tamil: லங்கா சமசமாஜக் கட்சி) is a trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. ... The Nava Sama Samaja Pakshaya (New Social Equality Party) is a Trotskyist political party in Sri Lanka. ...

Best District

Candidate District Votes %
J.R. Jayawardene (UNP) Nuwara-Eliya 109,017 63.10
H.S.R.B. Kobbekaduwa (SLFP) Ratnapura 152,506 44.13
Rohana Wijeweera (JVP) Hambantota 28,835 14.62
G.G. Ponnambalam (ACTC) Jaffna 87,263 40.03
Dr. Colvin R. De Silva (LSSP) Kalutara 8,613 2.04
Vasudeva Nanayakakra (NSSP) Ratnapura 3,494 1.01

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