1982 in Sri Lanka

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Decades:

1970s
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Incumbents

President: J. R. Jayewardene

Events

Sri Lanka has their first presidential elections with J. R. Jayewardene taking the lead with a total of 53% of all of the votes cast. The UNP party claims victory.
The 1982 Sri Lankan national referendum took place on December 22, 1982, giving the people of Sri Lanka the option to extend the life of parliament by 6 years. It was the first and so far only national referendum to be held in Sri Lanka.^[1]

Notes

a. ^{^} Gunaratna, Rohan. (1998). Pg.353, Sri Lanka's Ethnic Crisis and National Security, Colombo: South Asian Network on Conflict Research. ISBN 955-8093-00-9

References

↑ "Referendums". Handbook of Parliament. Parliament of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2010-02-27.

"Result of Presidential Election 1982" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
"1982 Sri Lanka Presidential Election Results". LankaNewspapers.com.
"1982 - Presidential Election". Manthree.com.

1980 in Asia

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States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan

Dependencies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau

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