16th Parliament of Sri Lanka

16th Parliament of Sri Lanka
Overview
Legislative body	Parliament of Sri Lanka
Meeting place	Sri Lankan Parliament Building
Term	20 August 2020 –
Election	5 August 2020
Government	Rajapaksa
Website	parliament.lk
Parliamentarians
Members	225
Speaker	vacant ()
Deputy Speaker and ; Chairman of Committees	vacant () ()
Deputy Chairman of Committees	vacant ()
Prime Minister	Mahinda Rajapaksa (SLPP) (2020-present)
Leader of the Opposition	vacant ()
Leader of the House	vacant ()
Chief Government Whip	vacant ()
Chief Opposition Whip	Vacant () ();
Structure
Sessions
1st	20 August 2020 –

The 16th Parliament of Sri Lanka is the current Parliament of Sri Lanka, with the membership determined by the results of the 2020 parliamentary election held on 5 August 2020. The parliament is yet to meet. According to the Constitution of Sri Lanka the maximum legislative term of the parliament is 5 years from the first meeting.

Election

Winners of polling divisions

■ – SLPFA ■ – SJB ■ – TNA ■ – SLFP ■ – EPDP ■ – Other parties

The 16th Parliamentary Election Was was held on 5 August 2020.[1] The incumbent party Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance claimed a landslide victory in the election claiming the majority winning 145 seats,[2][3][4] while Samagi Jana Balawegaya won a total of 54 seats and National People's Power won 3 seats.[5][6][7] The main opposition United National Party suffered their worst ever landslide defeat in the history as they claimed only one seat and was placed at fourth position in the elections.[8]

Results

The first official results were released on 6 August 2020 in the afternoon starting with the postal votes in the Galle District.[9]

The SLPFA became the largest group in Parliament after securing 59.09% of votes and 145 seats whilst the SJB won 23.90% of votes and 54 seats.[10][11] SLPFA managed to exceed the majority cutoff of 113 with obtaining 128 seats from election votes and 17 seats from the national list.[12]

National

Summary of the 2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election[13][14][15]
Alliances and parties		Votes	%	Seats
Alliances and parties		Votes	%	District	National	Total	+/–
	Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance[lower-roman 1] Ceylon Workers' Congress Mahajana Eksath Peramuna National Congress[lower-roman 2] National Freedom Front Pivithuru Hela Urumaya Socialist Alliance Communist Party of Sri Lanka Democratic Left Front[lower-roman 3] Lanka Sama Samaja Party[lower-roman 4] National Liberation People's Party Sri Lanka People's Party Sri Lanka Freedom Party[lower-roman 5] Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna	6,853,690	59.09%	128	17	145	50
	Samagi Jana Balawegaya All Ceylon Makkal Congress[lower-roman 6] Jathika Hela Urumaya Sri Lanka Muslim Congress[lower-roman 7] Tamil Progressive Alliance National Union of Workers United Progressive Alliance Democratic People's Front Up-Country People's Front United National Party (Sajith wing)	2,771,980	23.90%	47	7	54	54
	Tamil National Alliance[lower-roman 8] Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization	327,168	2.82%	9	1	10	6
	National People's Power Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna	445,958	3.84%	2	1	3	3
	Tamil National People's Front[lower-roman 9] All Ceylon Tamil Congress	67,766	0.58%	1	1	2	2
	Eelam People's Democratic Party	61,464	0.53%	2	0	2	1
	United National Party (Ranil wing)	249,435	2.15%	0	1	1	105
	Our Power of People's Party Bodu Bala Sena	67,758	0.58%	0	1	1	1
	Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal	67,692	0.58%	1	0	1	1
	Sri Lanka Freedom Party[lower-roman 5]	66,579	0.57%	1	0	1	1
	Muslim National Alliance	55,981	0.48%	1	0	1	1
	Tamil People's National Alliance Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front Eelam Tamil Self Rule Party Tamil National Party Tamil People's Council	51,301	0.44%	1	0	1	1
	All Ceylon Makkal Congress[lower-roman 6]	43,319	0.37%	1	0	1	1
	National Congress[lower-roman 2]	39,272	0.34%	1	0	1	1
	Sri Lanka Muslim Congress[lower-roman 7]	34,428	0.30%	1	0	1
	Independents	223,622	1.93%	0	0	0
	United Peace Alliance	31,054	0.27%	0	0	0
	All Lanka Tamil Mahasabha	30,031	0.26%	0	0	0
	National Development Front	14,686	0.13%	0	0	0
	Frontline Socialist Party	14,522	0.13%	0	0	0
	Social Democratic Party of Tamils	11,464	0.10%	0	0	0
	Tamil United Liberation Front	9,855	0.08%	0	0	0
	Socialist Party of Sri Lanka	9,368	0.08%	0	0	0
	People's Welfare Front	7,361	0.06%	0	0	0
	Sinhalese National Front	5,056	0.04%	0	0	0
	New Democratic Front	4,883	0.04%	0	0	0
	United Left Front	4,879	0.04%	0	0	0
	Liberal Party of Sri Lanka	4,345	0.04%	0	0	0
	National People's Party	3,813	0.03%	0	0	0
	Democratic United National Front	3,611	0.03%	0	0	0
	National Democratic Front	3,488	0.03%	0	0	0
	Sri Lanka Labour Party	3,134	0.03%	0	0	0
	Democratic Left Front	2,964	0.03%	0	0	0
	New Sinhala Heritage	1,397	0.01%	0	0	0
	United Socialist Party	1,189	0.01%	0	0	0
	Motherland People's Party	1,087	0.01%	0	0	0
	Eelavar Democratic Front	1,035	0.01%	0	0	0
	Socialist Equality Party	780	0.01%	0	0	0
	Lanka Sama Samaja Party[lower-roman 4]	737	0.01%	0	0	0
	All Are Citizens All Are Kings Organization	632	0.01%	0	0	0
	Democratic Unity Alliance	145	0.00%	0	0	0
Valid Votes		11,598,929	100.00%	196	29	225
Rejected Votes		744,373	6.03%
Total Polled		12,343,302	75.89%
Registered Electors		16,263,885
Footnotes: The SLPFA contested under the name and symbol of SLPP. The NC contested separately in two districts (Ampara and Polonnaruwa) and with the SLPFA in other districts. The DLF contested separately in two districts (Jaffna and Vanni) and with the SLPFA in other districts. The LSSP contested separately in one district (Jaffna) and with the SLPFA in other districts. The SLFP contested separately in three districts (Jaffna, Kalutara and Nuwara Eliya) and with the SLPFA in other districts. The ACMC contested separately in one district (Ampara) and with the SJB in other districts. The SLMC contested separately in one district (Batticaloa) and with the SJB in other districts. The TNA contested under the name and symbol of ITAK. The TNPF contested under the name and symbol of ACTC.

District

Districts won by SJB
Districts won by SLPFA
Districts won by TNA

District results for the 2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election[13][14][15]
Electoral District	Province	SLPFA			SJB			TNA			NPP			Others			Total			Turnout

		Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
Ampara	Eastern	126,012	32.65%	3	102,274	26.50%	2	25,255	6.54%	0	5,060	1.31%	0	127,396	33.00%	2	385,997	100.00%	7	78.28%
Anuradhapura	North Central	344,458	67.95%	7	119,788	23.63%	2	-	-	-	24,492	4.83%	0	18,164	3.58%	0	506,902	100.00%	9	78.19%
Badulla	Uva	309,538	62.06%	6	144,290	28.93%	3	-	-	-	19,308	3.87%	0	25,659	5.14%	0	498,795	100.00%	9	80.43%
Batticaloa	Eastern	33,424	11.22%	1	28,362	9.52%	0	79,460	26.66%	2	348	0.12%	0	156,418	52.49%	2	298,012	100.00%	5	76.83%
Colombo	Western	674,603	57.04%	12	387,145	32.73%	6	-	-	-	67,600	5.72%	1	53,428	4.52%	0	1,182,776	100.00%	19	73.94%
Galle	Southern	430,334	70.54%	7	115,456	18.93%	2	-	-	-	29,963	4.91%	0	34,299	5.62%	0	610,052	100.00%	9	74.43%
Gampaha	Western	807,896	65.76%	13	285,809	23.27%	4	-	-	-	61,833	5.03%	1	72,936	5.94%	0	1,228,474	100.00%	18	73.01%
Hambantota	Southern	280,881	75.10%	6	51,758	13.84%	1	-	-	-	31,362	8.39%	0	10,016	2.68%	0	374,017	100.00%	7	79.68%
Jaffna	Northern	-	-	-	13,564	3.78%	0	112,967	31.46%	3	853	0.24%	0	231,746	64.53%	4	359,130	100.00%	7	68.92%
Kalutara	Western	448,699	64.08%	8	171,988	24.56%	2	-	-	-	33,434	4.77%	0	46,135	6.59%	0	700,256	100.00%	10	76.79%
Kandy	Central	477,446	58.76%	8	234,523	28.86%	4	-	-	-	22,997	2.83%	0	77,612	9.55%	0	812,578	100.00%	12	77.02%
Kegalle	Sabaragamuwa	331,573	66.29%	7	131,317	26.25%	2	-	-	-	14,033	2.81%	0	23,284	4.65%	0	500,207	100.00%	9	76.70%
Kurunegala	North Western	649,965	66.92%	11	244,860	25.21%	4	-	-	-	36,290	3.74%	0	40,128	4.13%	0	971,243	100.00%	15	75.45%
Matale	Central	188,779	65.53%	4	73,955	25.67%	1	-	-	-	7,542	2.62%	0	17,797	6.18%	0	288,073	100.00%	5	76.69%
Matara	Southern	352,217	73.63%	6	72,740	15.21%	1	-	-	-	37,136	7.76%	0	16,286	3.40%	0	478,379	100.00%	7	75.95%
Monaragala	Uva	208,193	74.12%	5	54,147	19.28%	1	-	-	-	11,429	4.07%	0	7,116	2.53%	0	280,885	100.00%	6	80.93%
Nuwara Eliya	Central	230,389	54.47%	5	132,008	31.21%	3	-	-	-	5,043	1.19%	0	55,537	13.13%	0	422,977	100.00%	8	80.49%
Polonnaruwa	North Central	180,847	73.66%	4	47,781	19.46%	1	-	-	-	6,792	2.77%	0	10,099	4.11%	0	245,519	100.00%	5	78.99%
Puttalam	North Western	220,566	57.26%	5	80,183	20.81%	2	-	-	-	9,944	2.58%	0	74,528	19.35%	1	385,221	100.00%	8	67.47%
Ratnapura	Sabaragamuwa	446,668	68.86%	8	155,759	24.01%	3	-	-	-	17,611	2.72%	0	28,576	4.41%	0	648,614	100.00%	11	77.38%
Trincomalee	Eastern	68,681	32.25%	1	86,394	40.56%	2	39,570	18.58%	1	2,226	1.05%	0	16,121	7.57%	0	212,992	100.00%	4	78.62%
Vanni	Northern	42,524	20.46%	1	37,883	18.23%	1	69,916	33.64%	3	662	0.32%	0	56,852	27.35%	1	207,837	100.00%	6	78.34%
National List				17			7			1			1			3			29
Total		6,853,693	59.09%	145	2,771,984	23.90%	54	327,168	2.82%	10	445,958	3.84%	3	1,200,133	2.15%	13	11,598,936	91.80%	225	75.89%

Government

Legislation

Composition

Members

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[16] The SLPFA contested under the name and symbol of SLPP.

[NC-17] The NC contested separately in two districts (Ampara and Polonnaruwa) and with the SLPFA in other districts.

[DLF-18] The DLF contested separately in two districts (Jaffna and Vanni) and with the SLPFA in other districts.

[LSSP-19] The LSSP contested separately in one district (Jaffna) and with the SLPFA in other districts.

[SLFP-20] The SLFP contested separately in three districts (Jaffna, Kalutara and Nuwara Eliya) and with the SLPFA in other districts.

[ACMC-21] The ACMC contested separately in one district (Ampara) and with the SJB in other districts.

[SLMC-22] The SLMC contested separately in one district (Batticaloa) and with the SJB in other districts.

[23] The TNA contested under the name and symbol of ITAK.

[24] The TNPF contested under the name and symbol of ACTC.

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