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The 17th Parliament of Sri Lanka will convene for the first time on 21 November 2024. [3] It consists of 225 members known as Members of Parliament (MPs).
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 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 ...
From the 1st parliamentary election in 1947 to the 8th in 1977, members were elected to the parliament using a first-past-the-post system from these polling divisions. This system changed in 1978. [1] The 1978 Constitution introduced a proportional representation electoral system, electing Members of Parliament from 22 multi-member electoral ...
In the past four years, the share of people living below the poverty line in Sri Lanka has risen to 25.9 per cent. The World Bank forecasts the economy to grow by just 2.2 per cent in 2024.
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 provinces) State Ministers ...
On 23 September 2024, Anura Kumara Dissanayake was sworn in as Sri Lanka's new president after winning the presidential election as a left-wing candidate. [6] On 14 November 2024, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's National People's Power (NPP), a left-leaning alliance, received a two-thirds majority in parliament in Sri Lankan parliamentary ...
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 ...