Rajapakse, like Fonseka a nationalist from the majority Sinhalese ethnic group, has vowed to ensure the poll goes off peacefully and has called on voters to give him a second mandate to develop the country post-war.
His supporters are drawn by the mustachioed 64-year-old's charisma and populist approach and see him as the man who liberated the country from a fight with the Tigers that cost 80,000-100,000 lives, according to the UN.
Rajapakse and Fonseka fell out in the aftermath of the conflict when the army commander was moved to a ceremonial position by the president, who reportedly suspected him of plotting a coup himself.
Their relationship began to sour when Fonseka's horoscope -- astrology is taken extremely seriously in Sri Lanka -- was read by an influential Buddhist monk who saw a future statesman in the career military man.
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