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The family's political party, the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (known by its initials SLPP) won a landslide victory and a clear majority in the parliament, and five members of the Rajapaksa family won a seat in the parliament. Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa became the new prime minister.
The current political culture in Sri Lanka is a contest between two rival coalitions led by the centre-left and progressive United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA), an offspring of Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), and the comparatively right-wing and pro-capitalist United National Party (UNP).
Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 8 Dudley Senanayake cabinet III: 25 March 1965: 29 May 1970: Dudley Senanayake: United National Party: 9 Sirimavo Bandaranaike cabinet II: 29 May 1970: 23 July 1977: William Gopallawa (1972–1978) Sirimavo Bandaranaike: Sri Lanka Freedom Party: 10 Jayewardene cabinet I: 23 July 1977: 7 September 1978: J. R. Jayewardene ...
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 ...
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 .
Sri Lanka elects on the national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature. Sri Lanka has a multi-party system, with two dominant political parties . All elections are administered by the Election Commission of Sri Lanka .
[6] [7] This was the first time in Sri Lanka's political history that the two major parties agreed to work together in a joint government. [8] UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe , whose party won the most seats, was appointed prime minister, and the joint government lasted until 2018 .
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