Presidential Election 2020 Sri Lanka. Parliamentary elections in Sri Lanka were held on 5 August 2020 to elect 225 members to Sri Lankas 16th Parliament. The incumbent President Maithripala Sirisenas term of office would have ended on 9 January 2020.
Gotabhaya Rajapaksha has most probability to become next president of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka Brief News views and analysis of Human Rights Democratic Governance in Sri Lanka. According to the election commissions final count Rajapaksa took 5225 of the vote.
The candidate for the ruling UNP party Sajith Premadasa quickly accepted defeat and congratulated his rival.
Parliamentary General Election 2020. Businessman Rohan Pallewaththa also claimed his candidacy for Sri Lanka Presidential election 2020. USA and western nations wont allow Gotabhaya Rajapaksa become President of Sri Lanka. Once the Elections Commission of Sri Lanka declares the date for the Presidential Elections by the end of 2019 well see all political parties making public their nominees for the post of president.