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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 ...
Summary of the February 14, 2009 Sri Lanka North Western Provincial Council election results Party Kurunegala Puttalam Seats Popular Vote Votes Seats Votes Seats 2004 2009 +/− Vote % United People's Freedom Alliance: 497,366 24 171,377 11 31 37 +6 668,743 69.43% United National Party: 193,548 9 76,799 5 19 14: −5 270,347 28.07%
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 ...
On 25 May 2009 the government announced that local elections would be held in Jaffna and Vavuniya. [3] Nominations took place between 18 June 2009 and 25 June 2009. After the nominations closed the Sri Lankan Department of Election announced that the elections would take place on 8 August 2009, the same day as the Uva Provincial Council ...
The President of Sri Lanka is directly elected by voters for a five-year term. [1] Below is a list of presidential elections in Sri Lanka, including the number of votes obtained by each candidate and voter turnout. [2]
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 ...
District results for the 2024 Sri Lankan parliamentary election [7] Province Electoral District NPP SJB ITAK NDF SLPP Others Total Turnout Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Total Polled Registered Electors Seats Western: Colombo: 788,636: 68.63%: 14: 208,249: 18.12%: 4 – – – 51,020: 4.44% ...
The Parliament has 225 members elected for a five-year term. 196 members are elected from 22 multi-seat constituencies through an open list proportional representation system with a 5% electoral threshold; voters can rank up to three candidates on the party list they vote for.