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On 19 March 2020, Sri Lanka reported an increase in cases from the COVID-19 pandemic, but the government went ahead with nominations for the election until 18 March 2020. [86] On 19 March, soon after the nominations ended, the Elections Commission with its powers postponed the elections. [ 68 ]
The 16th parliamentary election was held on 5 August 2020. [3] The incumbent Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance claimed a landslide victory in the election claiming the majority winning 145 seats, [4] [5] [6] while the newly formed Samagi Jana Balawegaya won a total of 54 seats and the National People's Power won 3 seats.
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]
Sri Lanka elects on the national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature. Sri Lanka has a multi-party system, with two dominant political parties . All elections are administered by the Election Commission of Sri Lanka .
Political junkies will be able to pinch and zoom on real-time election results in CNN’s app — just like John King does on TV using the news network’s famous “Magic Wall” — on election ...
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 ...
Sri Lanka will hold a parliamentary election on Nov. 14, the government announced on Tuesday, less than two months after the Indian Ocean island nation elected Anura Kumara Dissanayake as its new ...
Members of the 16th Parliament of Sri Lanka (235 P) Pages in category "2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.