Media Observation
During Elections

Sri Lanka Press Institute

Sri Lanka

Presidential Election

Sri Lanka
July 26, 2024 to August 19, 2024

Presidential elections will be held in Sri Lanka on 21 September 2024. Voters will elect a president for a 5-year term. Incumbent president Ranil Wickremesinghe is running for re-election as an independent candidate. This would make him the first incumbent president to run for re-election since Mahinda Rajapaksa in 2015. Other candidates include Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa, NPP leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Mahinda Rajapaksa's son Namal Rajapaksa.

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