Back انتخابات الرئاسة السريلانكية 2015 Arabic Eleccions presidencials de Sri Lanka de 2015 Catalan Präsidentschaftswahl in Sri Lanka 2015 German Προεδρικές εκλογές στη Σρι Λάνκα 2015 Greek Sri Lankan presidentinvaali 2015 Finnish Élection présidentielle srilankaise de 2015 French Pemilihan umum Presiden Sri Lanka 2015 ID Elezioni presidenziali in Sri Lanka del 2015 Italian 2015年スリランカ大統領選挙 Japanese Pilihan raya presiden Sri Lanka 2015 Malay
The 2015 Sri Lankan presidential election was the 7th presidential election, held on 8 January 2015. This election was held two years ahead of schedule. Incumbent President Mahinda Rajapaksa was the ruling United People's Freedom Alliance's candidate, seeking a third term in office. The United National Party-led opposition coalition chose to field Maithripala Sirisena, former Minister of Health in Rajapaksa's government and general secretary of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party – the main constituent party of the UPFA – as its common candidate. Sirisena was declared the winner, receiving 51.28% of all votes cast compared to Rajapaksa's 47.58%. The result was generally seen as a major upset; when Rajapaksa called the election in November 2014 he had looked certain to win. On 11 January 2015, the new government announced a special investigation into allegations of an attempted coup by Rajapaksa.