Summary of Election Results
| Candidate | | Votes | % |
| Chandrika Kumarathunga (PA) |  | 4,312,157 | 51.12 |
| Ranil Wickramasinghe (UNP) |  | 3,602,748 | 42.71 |
| Nandana Gunathilaka (JVP) |  | 344,173 | 4.08 |
| Total Polled | 8,635,290 | |
| Rejected | 199,536 | |
| Total Valid | 8,435,754 | |
| Total Registered | 11,779,200 | |
The 1999 presidential election in Sri Lanka took place on December 21, 1999.
President Chandrika Kumaratunga defeated Ranil Wickremasinghe to win a second term in office.Sri Lankan presidents are elected for six-year terms; with the previous election having taken place in 1994, an election normally would not have been held until 2000. Kumaratunga called the election early.
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