Siritunga Jayasuriya was a contestant in the Sri Lanka presidential election in 2005. He received 35,405 votes, 0.36% of the votes cast and came third. He is a trade unionist and leader of the United Socialist Party. He was formerly a member of the Lanka Sama Samaja Party and later the Nava Sama Samaja Party. In early 2007, Siritunga narrowly escaped a raid by 300 armed thugs at a place where a rally against Sri Lankan Civil War was due to take place. References External links Candidates in the 2005 Sri Lankan presidential election Candidates in the 2010 Sri Lankan presidential election Candidates in the 2015 Sri Lankan presidential election Candidates in the 2019 Sri Lankan presidential election Committee for a Workers' International Lanka Sama Samaja Party politicians Living people Sri Lankan trade unionists Sri Lankan Trotskyists Year of birth missing (living people)