Sri Lankan presidential election, 1982

1st Sri Lankan presidential election
20 October 1982
Turnout 81.06%

 
Nominee J. R. Jayewardene Hector Kobbekaduwa
Party United National Party Sri Lanka Freedom Party
Popular vote 3,450,811 2,548,438
Percentage 52.91% 39.07%
Winners of polling divisions. Jayewardene in green and Kobbekaduwa in blue.
President before election

J. R. Jayewardene
United National Party

 Elected President

J. R. Jayewardene
United National Party

The Sri Lankan presidential election of 1982 was the first presidential election of Sri Lanka. Nominations were accepted on 17 September 1982, and the election was held on 20 October 1982. Electoral participation was 81.06%. Incumbent president J. R. Jayewardene of the governing United National Party was elected, receiving 53% of all votes cast.

Results

Nationwide

 Summary of the 1982 Sri Lankan presidential election[1]
CandidatePartyVotes%
 J. R. JayewardeneUnited National Party3,450,81152.91%
 Hector KobbekaduwaSri Lanka Freedom Party2,548,43839.07%
 Rohana WijeweeraJanatha Vimukthi Peramuna273,4284.19%
 Kumar PonnambalamAll Ceylon Tamil Congress173,9342.67%
 Colvin de SilvaLanka Sama Samaja Party58,5310.90%
 Vasudeva NanayakkaraNava Sama Samaja Party17,0050.26%
Valid Votes6,522,147100.00%
Rejected Votes80,470
Total Polled6,602,617
Registered Electors8,145,015
Turnout81.06%

Best district

Candidate District Votes %
J. R. Jayewardene (UNP) Nuwara Eliya 109,017 63.10
Hector Kobbekaduwa (SLFP) Ratnapura 152,506 44.13
Rohana Wijeweera (JVP) Hambantota 28,835 14.62
Kumar Ponnambalam (ACTC) Jaffna 87,263 40.03
Colvin de Silva (LSSP) Kalutara 8,613 2.04
Vasudeva Nanayakkara (NSSP) Ratnapura 3,494 1.01

References

  1. ↑ "Result of Presidential Election 1982" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  • "Result of Presidential Election 1982" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  • "1982 Sri Lanka Presidential Election Results". LankaNewspapers.com.
  • "1982 - Presidential Election". Manthree.com. Archived from the original on 2012-12-16.
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