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The proposed date which was initially mentioned as 25 April 2020 was pushed back until 20 June 2020 due to the virus outbreak, and was later postponed further to its final date. Sri Lanka also joined countries such as Poland , South Korea , Singapore , Syria and Serbia to have held the elections in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 16th parliamentary election was held on 5 August 2020. [3] The incumbent Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance claimed a landslide victory in the election claiming the majority winning 145 seats, [4] [5] [6] while the newly formed Samagi Jana Balawegaya won a total of 54 seats and the National People's Power won 3 seats.
Sri Lanka's last local government elections in 2018 resulted in the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) securing a majority with 40% of the vote. [6] [7] [8]Gotabaya Rajapaksa, contesting under the SLPP, subsequently won the 2019 Sri Lankan presidential election, while Mahinda Rajapaksa led the SLPP to victory in the 2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election.
This national electoral calendar for 2020 lists the national/federal elections held in 2020 in all sovereign states and their dependent territories. By-elections are excluded, though national referendums are included.
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 .
The Election Commission of Sri Lanka is the constitutional authority responsible for administering and overseeing all elections in Sri Lanka, including the Presidential, Parliamentary, Provincial and Local Authority elections.
Sri Lanka emerges as first runners-up in the 2020 Online School Debate Championship, losing to Canada 8–1 in the finals. [63] It was the first instance where Sri Lanka made it to the finals in the history of World Schools Debating Championships. Sri Lanka was also awarded the top-performing ESL team for secondary English-speaking countries. [64]
Secondary education in Sri Lanka is provided by a diverse selection of educational options: National schools, with funding and criteria by the national Ministry of Education. 1AB - offering GCE A-levels in all major fields of study; 1C - offering all except Sciences GCE A-levels; 2 - offering only GCE O-levels; 3 - [clarify]