"Board President Thilanga Sumathipala and his committee have been unanimously elected because there was no contest," A.J.M. Muzamil, the newly elected vice president of the board said after a vote that saw only two of the five original contenders still in the race by Sunday.
Sumathipala's only surviving opponent, Jayantha Dharmadasa, withdrew from the contest just before voting began.
"There are lots of legal problems and other irregularities in this election," he said, adding that he would consult his lawyers on whether to challenge the vote in court.
Security was tight as sports ministry officials tried to prevent a repeat of last year's problems when the election was marred by violence.
On Friday, Sumathipala's candidacy was challenged in two courts on the grounds that his alleged connections to the gaming industry should disqualify him from office in the aftermath of cricket's international betting and match-fixing scandal.
Sumathipala's counsel said he had been cleared to run by the International Cricket Council (ICC), the sports governing body.
Though both petitions were dismissed one judge said a fresh challenge could be mounted if Sumathipala won the election.
Sumathipala is a former board chief whose re-election last year plunged Sri Lankan cricket into its current crisis.
Then too his main opponent, Clifford Ratwatte, walked out of the election saying gun-weilding intruders at the cricket board headquarters had prevented a fair vote.
Ratwatte challenged the election in court and won an order suspending Sumathipala's newly-elected executive committee in the first of a series of unresolved legal disputes that have crippled the local cricket administration.
The wealth and prestige of Sri Lankan cricket have increased markedly since the country's World Cup win in 1996.
Reuters
Sri Lanka's cricket board has elected a new administration after one of the two main contenders pulled out at the 11th hour saying the vote was not fair.
