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 | |||||
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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 | ||||
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 |
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Structure
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Sessions | |||||
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Election
■ – 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
Alliances and parties | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
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District | National | Total | +/– | ||||
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6,853,690 | 59.09% | 128 | 17 | 145 | ||
2,771,980 | 23.90% | 47 | 7 | 54 | |||
327,168 | 2.82% | 9 | 1 | 10 | |||
National People's Power
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445,958 | 3.84% | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||
67,766 | 0.58% | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
Eelam People's Democratic Party | 61,464 | 0.53% | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
United National Party (Ranil wing) | 249,435 | 2.15% | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Our Power of People's Party
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67,758 | 0.58% | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal | 67,692 | 0.58% | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Sri Lanka Freedom Party[lower-roman 5] | 66,579 | 0.57% | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
Muslim National Alliance | 55,981 | 0.48% | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
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51,301 | 0.44% | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
All Ceylon Makkal Congress[lower-roman 6] | 43,319 | 0.37% | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
National Congress[lower-roman 2] | 39,272 | 0.34% | 1 | 0 | 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:
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District
Districts won by SJB |
Districts won by SLPFA |
Districts won by TNA |
Electoral District | Province | SLPFA | SJB | TNA | NPP | Others | Total | Turnout | ||||||||||||
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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% |
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