Siritunga Jayasuriya is a Sri Lankan politician, trade unionist and current leader of the United Socialist Party. He was formerly a member of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party and later the Nava Sama Samaja Party.
Jayasuriya is a perennial candidate in Sri Lankan presidential elections, running for president in every election from 2005 to 2024.[1] In 2005, he won 35,405 votes, 0.36% of the votes cast and came third.[2] This would be his best performance at a presidential election and has never been able to win more than 10,000 votes in an election since.
In early 2007, Siritunga narrowly escaped a raid by 300 armed thugs at a place where an anti-war rally against the Sri Lankan Civil War was due to take place.[3][4]
- ^ "Who's Running For President? Final List Of Those Who Placed Bonds". News First. Colombo, Sri Lanka. 15 August 2024. Archived from the original on 15 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ 2005 Presidential Summary, Department of Elections website
- ^ 'Murderous raid on Anti-War Rally in Colombo', Committee for a Workers' International website - retrieved 14/08/07
- ^ 'Government blamed for violent attack on anti-war rally organisers', Committee for a Workers' International website - retrieved 14/08/07