16th Parliament of Sri Lanka

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.

16th Parliament of Sri Lanka
15th 17th
Overview
Legislative bodyParliament of Sri Lanka
Meeting placeSri Lankan Parliament Building
Term20 August 2020 (2020-08-20) 
Election5 August 2020
GovernmentRajapaksa
Websiteparliament.lk
Parliamentarians
Members225
Speakervacant ()
Deputy Speaker and
Chairman of Committees
vacant () ()
Deputy Chairman of Committeesvacant ()
Prime MinisterMahinda Rajapaksa (SLPP) (2020-present)
Leader of the Oppositionvacant ()
Leader of the Housevacant ()
Chief Government Whipvacant ()
Chief Opposition Whip
  • Vacant () ()
Structure
Sessions
1st20 August 2020 

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 partiesVotes%Seats
DistrictNationalTotal+/–
  6,853,69059.09%1281714550
  2,771,98023.90%4775454
  327,1682.82%91106
  445,9583.84%2133
  67,7660.58%1122
 Eelam People's Democratic Party61,4640.53%2021
 United National Party (Ranil wing)249,4352.15%011105
67,7580.58%0111
Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal67,6920.58%1011
 Sri Lanka Freedom Party[lower-roman 5]66,5790.57%1011
Muslim National Alliance55,9810.48%1011
  51,3010.44%1011
 All Ceylon Makkal Congress[lower-roman 6]43,3190.37%1011
 National Congress[lower-roman 2]39,2720.34%1011
 Sri Lanka Muslim Congress[lower-roman 7]34,4280.30%101
 Independents223,6221.93%000
United Peace Alliance31,0540.27%000
All Lanka Tamil Mahasabha30,0310.26%000
National Development Front14,6860.13%000
 Frontline Socialist Party14,5220.13%000
Social Democratic Party of Tamils11,4640.10%000
 Tamil United Liberation Front9,8550.08%000
Socialist Party of Sri Lanka9,3680.08%000
People's Welfare Front7,3610.06%000
Sinhalese National Front5,0560.04%000
 New Democratic Front4,8830.04%000
United Left Front4,8790.04%000
Liberal Party of Sri Lanka4,3450.04%000
National People's Party3,8130.03%000
Democratic United National Front3,6110.03%000
National Democratic Front3,4880.03%000
Sri Lanka Labour Party3,1340.03%000
 Democratic Left Front2,9640.03%000
New Sinhala Heritage1,3970.01%000
 United Socialist Party1,1890.01%000
Motherland People's Party1,0870.01%000
 Eelavar Democratic Front1,0350.01%000
 Socialist Equality Party7800.01%000
 Lanka Sama Samaja Party[lower-roman 4]7370.01%000
All Are Citizens All Are Kings Organization6320.01%000
 Democratic Unity Alliance1450.00%000
Valid Votes11,598,929100.00%19629225
Rejected Votes744,3736.03%
Total Polled12,343,30275.89%
Registered Electors16,263,885

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
ProvinceSLPFASJBTNANPPOthersTotalTurnout
Votes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%SeatsVotes%Seats
AmparaEastern126,01232.65%3102,27426.50%225,2556.54%05,0601.31%0127,39633.00%2385,997100.00%778.28%
AnuradhapuraNorth Central344,45867.95%7119,78823.63%2---24,4924.83%018,1643.58%0506,902100.00%978.19%
BadullaUva309,53862.06%6144,29028.93%3---19,3083.87%025,6595.14%0498,795100.00%980.43%
BatticaloaEastern33,42411.22%128,3629.52%079,46026.66%23480.12%0156,41852.49%2298,012100.00%576.83%
ColomboWestern674,60357.04%12387,14532.73%6---67,6005.72%153,4284.52%01,182,776100.00%1973.94%
GalleSouthern430,33470.54%7115,45618.93%2---29,9634.91%034,2995.62%0610,052100.00%974.43%
GampahaWestern807,89665.76%13285,80923.27%4---61,8335.03%172,9365.94%01,228,474100.00%1873.01%
HambantotaSouthern280,88175.10%651,75813.84%1---31,3628.39%010,0162.68%0374,017100.00%779.68%
JaffnaNorthern---13,5643.78%0112,96731.46%38530.24%0231,74664.53%4359,130100.00%768.92%
KalutaraWestern448,69964.08%8171,98824.56%2---33,4344.77%046,1356.59%0700,256100.00%1076.79%
KandyCentral477,44658.76%8234,52328.86%4---22,9972.83%077,6129.55%0812,578100.00%1277.02%
KegalleSabaragamuwa331,57366.29%7131,31726.25%2---14,0332.81%023,2844.65%0500,207100.00%976.70%
KurunegalaNorth Western649,96566.92%11244,86025.21%4---36,2903.74%040,1284.13%0971,243100.00%1575.45%
MataleCentral188,77965.53%473,95525.67%1---7,5422.62%017,7976.18%0288,073100.00%576.69%
MataraSouthern352,21773.63%672,74015.21%1---37,1367.76%016,2863.40%0478,379100.00%775.95%
MonaragalaUva208,19374.12%554,14719.28%1---11,4294.07%07,1162.53%0280,885100.00%680.93%
Nuwara EliyaCentral230,38954.47%5132,00831.21%3---5,0431.19%055,53713.13%0422,977100.00%880.49%
PolonnaruwaNorth Central180,84773.66%447,78119.46%1---6,7922.77%010,0994.11%0245,519100.00%578.99%
PuttalamNorth Western220,56657.26%580,18320.81%2---9,9442.58%074,52819.35%1385,221100.00%867.47%
RatnapuraSabaragamuwa446,66868.86%8155,75924.01%3---17,6112.72%028,5764.41%0648,614100.00%1177.38%
TrincomaleeEastern68,68132.25%186,39440.56%239,57018.58%12,2261.05%016,1217.57%0212,992100.00%478.62%
VanniNorthern42,52420.46%137,88318.23%169,91633.64%36620.32%056,85227.35%1207,837100.00%678.34%
National List17711329
Total6,853,69359.09%1452,771,98423.90%54327,1682.82%10445,9583.84%31,200,1332.15%1311,598,93691.80%22575.89%

Government

Legislation

Composition

Members

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