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Election results Dates of elections Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna Samagi Jana Balawegaya National People's Power Tamil National Alliance United National Party Others Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % 2019 presidential election: 6,924,255 52.25% － － 418,553 3.16% － － 5,564,239 41.99% [g] 345,452 2.35% 2020 parliamentary election
The Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance (SLPFA), led by Mahinda Rajapaksa, won a large majority in the 2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election on 5 August 2020. [14] During their tenure, the government under President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa faced multiple crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic and an economic crisis, which culminated into widespread protests ...
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's party and its allies won an overwhelming two-thirds majority in a parliament election, results released early Friday showed, giving him the power to enact ...
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Marxist-leaning lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake leads early official results in Sri Lanka's presidential election, according to tallies released on Sunday by the Election Commission, but he is still short of the 50% needed for victory.
The 2024 parliamentary elections resulted in a landslide victory for President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's National People's Power alliance, which won 159 of the 225 seats, securing a two-thirds majority in Parliament. [1] [2] The surge in the NPP's seat count from three in the 16th parliament marked a shift in Sri
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 ...
The parliamentary election in Sri Lanka on 14 November, called by new president Anura Kumara Dissanayake to bolster legislative support for his policies, could set the tone for addressing the ...
The 17th Parliament of Sri Lanka, known officially as the 10th Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is the current Parliament of Sri Lanka, with its membership determined by the results of the 2024 parliamentary election held on 14 November 2024. [1] [2] The parliament met for the first time on 21 November 2024. [3]