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Parliament Began Session Session opened Session adjourned Ended Duration [1] Governing party State Council of Ceylon (1931–1947) 1 1st State Council: 6 July 1931 7 December 1935 4 years, 5 months and 1 day None 2 2nd State Council: 16 March 1936 4 July 1947 11 years, 3 months and 18 days None Parliament of Ceylon (1947–1972) 3 1st Parliament
The current Parliament of Sri Lanka has 225 members elected for a five-year term. 196 members are elected from 22 multi-seat constituencies through an open list proportional representation with a 5% electoral threshold; voters can rank up to three candidates on the party list they vote for. The other 29 seats are elected from a national list ...
In 2015, following the parliamentary election, the two major parties of Sri Lanka (the United National Party and Sri Lanka Freedom Party) signed a memorandum of understanding to form a national unity government, in an attempt to address and rectify major unresolved issues following the end of the country's 26-year long ethnic conflict.
President of Sri Lanka; Prime Minister of Sri Lanka; Speaker of the Parliament; Chief Justice of Sri Lanka. Leader of the Opposition; Ministers of the Cabinet of Sri Lanka; Field marshal; Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka [2] Provincial Governors (within their respective provinces) Provincial Chief Ministers (within their respective ...
The Constitution of Sri Lanka has been the constitution of the island nation of Sri Lanka since its original promulgation by the National State Assembly on 7 September 1978. It is Sri Lanka's second republican constitution and its third constitution since the country's independence (as Ceylon) in 1948, after the Donoughmore Constitution ...
According to the constitution the Parliament should consist of 225 seats (members): [1] 36 seats were allocated to the nine provinces, four each (section 96(4)). [2] A delimitation commission would apportion the four seats between the electoral districts in each province. [2] 160 seats were allocated to the electoral districts (section 98). [3]
In the Sri Lankan Government, ministers are members of Parliament who hold appointments from the President to perform certain functions of government. This includes formulating and implementing policies and heading government ministries. Ministers collectively make up the executive branch of the Government of Sri Lanka.
16th Parliament of Sri Lanka; 17th Parliament of Sri Lanka; C. Chief Opposition Whip (Sri Lanka) Committee on Public Enterprises (Sri Lanka) F. Narendra Fernando; L.