At first, there was doubt whether the election would be held at all. President Chandrika Kumaratunga had called the 1999 election one year ahead of schedule; she argued that the extra year should be appended to her second term, and filed suit to do this. The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka rejected her claims and the election went ahead.
After that, Wickremasinghe's only real hope of victory was through the support of the island's ethnic minorities, given his generally more conciliatory stance on the ethnic issue. He secured the endorsement of the main Muslim party, the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress, and the Ceylon Workers' Congress representing the estate Tamils. He could not, however, obtain the backing of the main Sri Lankan Tamil party, the Tamil National Alliance. Wickremasinghe's hopes for victory were effectively dashed when the LTTE ordered Tamil voters, most of whom would likely have voted for him, to boycott the polls.
Economic issues also worked to Rajapaksa's favour. Sri Lanka had enjoyed strong growth under Wickremasinghe's free-market policies when he was prime minister from 2001 to 2004, but he had also pursued controversial privatizations which Rajapaksa promised to halt. Rajapaksa also promised a policy of economic nationalism.
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January 06, 2023
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Presidential elections were held in Sri Lanka on 17 November 2005 Nominations were accepted on 7 September 2005 and electoral participation was 73 73 Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa of the governing United People s Freedom Alliance was elected receiving 50 3 of all votes cast 2005 Sri Lankan presidential election 1999 17 November 2005 2010 Turnout73 73 Nominee Mahinda Rajapaksa Ranil WickremesingheParty SLFP UNPAlliance UPFA UNFPopular vote 4 887 152 4 706 366Percentage 50 29 48 43 President before electionChandrika KumaratungaUPFA Elected President Mahinda RajapaksaUPFA Contents 1 Presidential term controversy 2 Campaign 3 Results 3 1 District results 4 Maps 5 ReferencesPresidential term controversy EditAt first there was doubt whether the election would be held at all President Chandrika Kumaratunga had called the 1999 election one year ahead of schedule she argued that the extra year should be appended to her second term and filed suit to do this The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka rejected her claims and the election went ahead Campaign EditPrime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa quickly emerged as the candidate for the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and Ranil Wickramasinghe for the United National Party Both candidates tried to round up the support of minor parties Rajapaksa needed to re assemble the alliance with the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna that existed at the parliamentary level the United People s Freedom Alliance After he agreed to reject federalism and renegotiate the ceasefire with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam the JVP and the Jathika Hela Urumaya endorsed him After that Wickremasinghe s only real hope of victory was through the support of the island s ethnic minorities given his generally more conciliatory stance on the ethnic issue He secured the endorsement of the main Muslim party the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress and the Ceylon Workers Congress representing the estate Tamils He could not however obtain the backing of the main Sri Lankan Tamil party the Tamil National Alliance Wickremasinghe s hopes for victory were effectively dashed when the LTTE ordered Tamil voters most of whom would likely have voted for him to boycott the polls Economic issues also worked to Rajapaksa s favour Sri Lanka had enjoyed strong growth under Wickremasinghe s free market policies when he was prime minister from 2001 to 2004 but he had also pursued controversial privatizations which Rajapaksa promised to halt Rajapaksa also promised a policy of economic nationalism Results EditCandidatePartyVotes Mahinda RajapaksaUnited People s Freedom Alliance4 887 15250 29Ranil WickremesingheUnited National Party4 706 36648 43Siritunga JayasuriyaUnited Socialist Party35 4250 36A A SuraweeraNational Development Front31 2380 32Victor HettigodaUnited Lanka People s Party14 4580 15Chamil JayaneththiNew Left Front9 2960 10Aruna de SoyzaRuhuna People s Party7 6850 08Wimal GeeganageSri Lanka National Front6 6390 07Anura de SilvaUnited Lalith Front6 3570 07Ajith ArachchigeDemocratic Unity Alliance5 0820 05Wije DiasSocialist Equality Party3 5000 04Nelson PereraSri Lanka Progressive Front2 5250 03Hewaheenipellage DharmadwajaUnited National Alternative Front1 3160 01Total9 717 039100 00Valid votes9 717 03998 88Invalid blank votes109 7391 12Total votes9 826 778100 00Registered voters turnout13 327 16073 73Source Election CommissionDistrict results Edit Official district by district results of the election are listed below 1 Districts won by RajapaksaDistricts won by WickremesingheDistrict Province Rajapaksa percentage Wickremesinghe percentage Others percentage TurnoutColombo Western 534 431 47 96 569 627 51 12 10 192 0 92 76 75 Gampaha Western 596 698 54 78 481 764 44 23 10 815 0 99 80 71 Kalutara Western 341 693 55 48 266 043 43 20 8 124 1 32 81 43 Mahanuwara Central 315 672 44 30 387 150 54 33 9 798 1 37 79 65 Matale Central 120 533 48 09 125 937 50 25 4 150 1 66 79 04 Nuwara Eliya Central 99 550 27 97 250 428 70 37 5 897 1 66 80 78 Galle Southern 347 223 58 41 239320 40 26 7 925 1 33 81 94 Matara Southern 279411 61 85 165827 36 71 6 484 1 44 80 96 Hambantota Southern 202 918 63 43 112 712 35 23 4 295 1 34 81 41 Jaffna Northern 1 967 25 00 5 523 70 20 1 034 4 8 1 21 Vanni Northern 17 197 20 36 65 798 77 89 2 879 1 75 34 30 Batticaloa Eastern 28 836 18 87 121 514 79 51 4 265 1 62 48 51 Digamadulla Eastern 122 329 42 88 159 198 55 81 6 681 1 31 72 7 Trincomalee Eastern 55 680 37 04 92 197 61 33 4 551 1 63 63 84 Kurunegala North Western 468 507 52 56 418 809 46 72 17 639 0 72 80 51 Puttalam North Western 160 686 48 14 169 264 50 71 3 833 1 15 71 68 Anuradhapura North Central 231 040 55 08 182 956 42 62 5 438 2 3 78 98 Polonnaruwa North Central 110 499 52 61 97 142 46 25 2 389 1 14 80 43 Badulla Uva 192 734 45 18 226 582 53 11 7 283 1 71 81 29 Monaragala Uva 126 094 56 94 92 244 41 65 3 112 1 41 81 16 Ratnapura Sabaragamuwa 294 260 53 01 252 838 45 55 7 976 1 44 83 89 Kegalle Sabaragamuwa 239 184 51 02 223 483 47 67 6 106 1 31 81 19 Maps Edit Winners of polling divisions Majorities according to polling divisions Majorities according to electoral districtsReferences Edit Result of Presidential Election 2005 District PDF Department of Elections Sri Lanka Archived from the original PDF on 2009 03 04 Retrieved 2010 09 03 Result of Presidential Election 2005 District PDF Department of Elections Sri Lanka Archived from the original PDF on 2009 03 04 Sri Lanka Election Results 2005 Live Update LankaNewspapers com 2005 Presidential Election Manthree com DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS OF 17 NOVEMBER 2005 Psephos Adam Carr s Election Archive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2005 Sri Lankan presidential election amp oldid 1102763520, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
