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Parliamentary elections were held in Sri Lanka on 8 and 20 April 2010, to elect 225 members to Sri Lanka's 14th Parliament. [1] 14,088,500 Sri Lankans were eligible to vote in the election at 11,102 polling stations. It was the first general election to be held in Sri Lanka following the conclusion of the civil war which lasted 26 years.
Results of the 2010 Sri Lankan general election by province. ... 2.49%: 2.31%: 0.01%: 3.86%: ... 2010". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
Results of the 2010 Sri Lankan general election by electoral district. ... 2.45%: 0.08%: 0.90%: 100.00%: ... 2010". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's leftist coalition won a thumping victory in a snap general election, gaining power to push through his plans to fight poverty and ...
Ampara (Digamadulla) Electoral District (Tamil: அம்பாறை தேர்தல் மாவட்டம், romanized: Ampāṟai Tērtal Māvaṭṭam; Sinhala: අම්පාර මැතිවරණ දිස්ත්රික්කය, romanized: Ampāra Mætivaraṇa Distrikkaya) is one of the 22 multi-member electoral districts of Sri Lanka created by the 1978 Constitution ...
Parliamentary elections have been held in Sri Lanka since the first in 1947, under three different constitutions: the Soulbury Constitution, the 1972 Constitution, and the currently enforced 1978 Constitution. Sixteen parliamentary elections have been held up to and including the 2020 election. The seventeenth is scheduled for 14 November 2024. [1]
9 January – The Sri Lanka Army releases over 700 ex-LTTE members after a rehabilitation program. [1] [2] 12 January – President Mahinda Rajapaksa announces that Tamils will be given greater say in matters of governance, proposing power sharing agreements. [3] [4] 22 January – The home of an opposition activist is bombed in Colombo. [5] [6]
Presidential elections were held in Sri Lanka on 26 January 2010. The elections were announced on 23 November 2009 when incumbent president Mahinda Rajapaksa decided to seek a fresh mandate prior to the expiration of his term in 2011. [1] Nominations were accepted on 17 December 2009. [2]