What went wrong in Sri Lankan presidential election since the beginning.
Recall to the history and current background Sri Lanka was first governed by prime minister D. S. Senannayke, who was the first prime minister to become president after the independence of 1947. He was the founder of the United Nations. Until 1956, the UNP government was there. Later, S W R D Bandarnayke split out of his (previous party) UNP and found the new party called SLFP in 1951. Until that, Sri Lanka had two parties, UNP and LSSP (basically, it was right-wing and left-wing). After Bandaranayke, there was another right-wing party, but with some left adaptations to the Sri Lankan politics, it was more like a central approach. Then, after 1956, SLFP defeated UNP and came to power, then back and forth, those are the parties that presided over Sri Lanka for almost 60 years of time span. The first presidential election was held in 1982 between the major candidates, J. R. Jyawardane and Hector Kobbakaduwa. Where J R wins, J R represents the United National Party (UNP); since then, more
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