16th Parliament of Sri Lanka
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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 | ||||
Website | parliament | ||||
Parliamentarians | |||||
Members | 225 | ||||
Speaker | Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena (2020-present) | ||||
Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees | Ranjith Siyambalapitiya (2020-2022) Ajith Rajapaksa (2022-) | ||||
Deputy Chairman of Committees | Angajan Ramanathan (2020-present) | ||||
Prime Minister | Mahinda Rajapaksa (2020-2022) Ranil Wickremesinghe (2022) Dinesh Gunawardena (2022-present) | ||||
Leader of the Opposition | Sajith Premadasa (2020-) | ||||
Leader of the House | Dinesh Gunawardena (2020-2022) Susil Premajayantha (2022-) | ||||
Chief Government Whip | Johnston Fernando (2020-2022) Prasanna Ranatunga (2022-) | ||||
Chief Opposition Whip | Lakshman Kiriella (2020-) | ||||
Structure
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Sessions | |||||
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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. According to the Constitution of Sri Lanka the maximum legislative term of the parliament is 5 years from the first meeting.
Election
The 16th Parliamentary Election 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 | +/– | ||||
6,853,690 | 59.09% | 128 | 17 | 145 | ![]() | ||
2,771,980 | 23.90% | 47 | 7 | 54 | New | ||
327,168 | 2.82% | 9 | 1 | 10 | ![]() | ||
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 |
67,758 | 0.58% | 0 | 1 | 1 | ![]() | |
Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal | 67,692 | 0.58% | 1 | 0 | 1 | ![]() | |
Sri Lanka Freedom Party[iv] | 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[vi] | 43,319 | 0.37% | 1 | 0 | 1 | ![]() | |
National Congress[i] | 39,272 | 0.34% | 1 | 0 | 1 | ![]() | |
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress[vii] | 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[iii] | 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 | ![]() | |
Independents | 42 | ||||||
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% |
Government
The Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance was able to form a government with a supermajority, with Mahinda Rajapaksa as Prime Minister.
After country-wide protests in 2022, Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned and Ranil Wickramasinghe was appointed as his successor.
On 13 July 2022, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country and resigned on 14 July, 2022.[16] Ranil Wickremesinghe was elected president by the parliament on 20 July and Dinesh Gunawardena was appointed as prime minister by president Wickremesinghe. [17]
Legislation
The 20th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka was passed in October 2020.
Composition
The following are the changes in party and alliance affiliations for the 16th parliament.
- 5 April 2022[18]
- 9 SLPP MPs left the government to work as independent MPs.
- The 14 SLFP MPs, 2 CWC MPs and ACMC MP Muszhaaraff Muthunabeen left the SLPFA government and moved into opposition.
- 16 MPs formerly allied with the government announced they would remain independent in the house.
- 12 May 2022 − UNP MP Ranil Wickremesinghe was appointed as Prime Minister and joined the SLPFA government.
- 31 August 2022 − 13 SLPP MPs left the government and crossed over to the opposition as independent MPs, including SLPP chairman G. L. Peiris and SLPP MP Dullas Alahapperuma.[19]
Members
Deaths and resignations
- Ranjan Ramanayake lost his seat after he was jailed on 13 June 2021, replaced by Ajith Mannapperuma.[20]
- Jayantha Ketagoda resigned on 26 June 2021, replaced by Basil Rajapaksa.[21]
- Ajith Nivard Cabraal resigned on 13 September 2021, replaced by Jayantha Ketagoda.[22]
- Amarakeerthi Athukorala was beaten to death by a mob on 9 May 2022.
- Basil Rajapaksa resigned on 9 June 2022, replaced by Dhammika Perera.
- Ranil Wickremesinghe's seat became vacant on 20 July 2022 after Wickremesinghe took oaths as President of Sri Lanka, replaced by Wajira Abeywardane.
List
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