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Parliamentary elections were held in Sri Lanka on 8 and 20 April 2010, to elect 225 members to Sri Lanka's 14th Parliament. [1] 14,088,500 Sri Lankans were eligible to vote in the election at 11,102 polling stations. It was the first general election to be held in Sri Lanka following the conclusion of the civil war which lasted 26 years.
The current Parliament of Sri Lanka has 225 members elected for a five-year term. 196 members are elected from 22 multi-seat constituencies through an open list proportional representation with a 5% electoral threshold; voters can rank up to three candidates on the party list they vote for. The other 29 seats are elected from a national list ...
Province UPFA UNF DNA TNA Ind UCPF TMVP SMBP TULF TNPF DPLF SLNF Others Valid Votes Rejected Votes Total Polled Registered Electors Turnout % Central: 619,999: 345,420: 35,348
Nepal – Nepali Congress (NC) President Girija Prasad Koirala has congratulated incumbent Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa for his victory in the presidential election of Sri Lanka for the second time. He further went on to say "Your victory to the post of President is the result of your vital role to the establishment of peace, ending ...
The President of Sri Lanka is directly elected by voters for a five-year term. [1] Below is a list of presidential elections in Sri Lanka, including the number of votes obtained by each candidate and voter turnout. [2]
Results of the 2010 Sri Lankan general election by province. References "Parliamentary General Election – 2010". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
Members of the 14th Parliament of Sri Lanka (228 P) Pages in category "2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
31 May – Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, calls upon the Government of Sri Lanka to establish an independent international accountability mechanism to address the serious concerns which arose during the final stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War in 2009 at the opening of the fourteenth regular session of the Human Rights Council.