1982 in Sri Lanka

none 1982 The following lists events that happened during 1982 in Sri Lanka. Incumbents President – J. R. Jayewardene Prime Minister – Ranasinghe Premadasa Chief Justice – Neville Samarakoon Events 20 October – 1982 Sri Lankan presidential election: Sri Lanka holds its first ever presidential elections. Incumbent president J. R. Jayewardene of the ruling United National Party is elected winning 53% of all votes cast, defeating his closest rival, Hector Kobbekaduwa of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, who won only 39% of the vote. 22 December – 1982 Sri Lankan national referendum: A national referendum was held, giving the people of Sri Lanka the option to extend the life of the current parliament by another 6 years, effectively cancelling the general elections which were due to be held before 1983. 54% of votes were cast in favour of the extension. The referendum was described as a dictatorial move by opposition parties, and was the first and so far only national referendum to be held in Sri Lanka.http://www.parliament.lk/handbook_of_parliament/referendums.jsp Referendums 2010-02-27 Handbook of Parliament Parliament of Sri Lanka https://web.archive.org/web/20100324191144/http://www.parliament.lk/handbook_of_parliament/referendums.jsp 2010-03-24 dead Notes a. a a none Gunaratna, Rohan. (1998). Pg.353, Sri Lanka's Ethnic Crisis and National Security, Colombo: South Asian Network on Conflict Research. 955-8093-00-9 References http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/1982%20Presidential.pdf Result of Presidential Election 1982 Department of Elections, Sri Lanka dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130328184334/http://www.slelections.gov.lk/pdf/1982%20Presidential.pdf 2013-03-28 http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/election/presidential1982.jsp 1982 Sri Lanka Presidential Election Results LankaNewspapers.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130610062138/http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/election/presidential1982.jsp 2013-06-10 http://www.manthree.com/elections/results/?id=4 1982 - Presidential Election Manthree.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121216054924/http://www.manthree.com/elections/results/?id=4 2012-12-16 1982 in Category:1980s in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Category:Years of the 20th century in Sri Lanka