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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
Sri Lanka is the oldest democracy in Asia in terms of universal suffrage, which was granted by the Donoughmore Constitution in 1931. Today, fundamental rights are enshrined in the constitutions of all South Asian countries. The vast expanse of subnational units in India and Pakistan share a common feature of parliamentary government.
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.
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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 ...
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.
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