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2020 Singaporean general election. General elections were held in Singapore on Friday, 10 July 2020 to elect 93 members [ c ] to the Parliament of Singapore across 31 constituencies. [ d ] Parliament was dissolved and the general election called by President Halimah Yacob on 23 June, on the advice of Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. [ 2 ]
The Supreme Court later suspended the dissolution and ordered a halt to the snap election, effectively moving the election's date back to 2020. [22] The next general election in Sri Lanka is scheduled to be held in 2025; however, the president has the power to dissolve parliament anytime after 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 years according to the 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]
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.
e. 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.
1994 Election. 1988 Election. 1982 Election. Percentages of votes received by political parties in the direct presidential elections. United National Party / New Democratic Front candidates. Sri Lanka Freedom Party candidates. Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna candidates. National People's Power candidates. Samagi Jana Balawegaya candidates.
The voting age in Singapore is 21. The most recent general election was held on 10 July 2020. The People's Action Party (PAP) was returned to power to form the Government with 83 seats, while the Workers' Party (WP) secured ten seats by winning in Aljunied GRC, Hougang SMC and Sengkang GRC.
v. t. e. The National People's Power (NPP) or Jathika Jana Balawegaya (JJB) is a socialist political alliance in Sri Lanka led by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna. It was established in 2019. [ 1 ][ 9 ] The NPP consists of 21 political parties and other organisations. [ 10 ] It contests in elections under the compass symbol.