evidence: Since January this year, the exit polls had a field day, periodically publishing opinion poll predictions highlighting the voter popularity of the first two candidates who made their intentions for contesting in the Presidential Election very early. In the last six months, there were position changes of the then two leading candidates Sajith Premadasa of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) and Anura Kumara Dissanayaka of the Jathika Jana Balawegaya (JJB). In the beginning, they said Dissanayaka was ahead and later stated Premadasa overtook the former. Now with Ranil Wickremesinghe’s entry with a bang, the whole scenario has undergone a swift change. However, exit polls are yet to announce their predictions after Wickremesinghe’s official entry. Ranil Wickremesinghe announced his candidature for the Presidential Election slated for 21 September making it a four-cornered contest. Three other leading candidates are Sajith Premadasa, Anura Kumara Dissanayaka and Dhammika Perera, the most likely candidate of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP). Although a host of other candidates including Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka and Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe are already in the arena and Dilith Jayaweera and a few others to join the race, the main contest is likely to be between the above four candidates.