The 2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election is scheduled to be held on Monday August 17,2015, ten months ahead of schedule, to elect 225 members to the 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka
Polling booths set to open across the island at 7:00am (0130 GMT), with voting set to continue for nine hours under tight security provided by 74,000 police and paramilitary forces,
Over 15 million voters are eligible to vote
196 MPs will be elected from 22 multi-member Electoral Districts using the open party-list proportional representation method and the remaining 29 eats will be allocated to contesting parties and independent groups in proportion to their share of the national vote
A total of 6,151 candidates from 21 registered political parties (3,653) and 201 independent groups (2,498) will be competing for the 196 district seats
Nominations took place between July 06-13, 2015 and the nominations of 12 registered political parties and 24 independent groups were rejected
The Tamil National Alliance, the largest party representing theSri Lankan Tamils , is contesting in the five electoral districts in the north and east and is aiming to win 20 seats
The JVP, which had contested the two previous parliamentary elections in alliances, is contesting this election on its own.
The UNP had contested past parliamentary elections in alliance with smaller parties representing ethnic minorities but many of these had defected to the UPFA after the election.Prior to this election being called the UNP had claimed it would contest the election on its own.However, after the election had been called it started forming alliances with minority parties including the Sri Lankan Muslim Congress(SLMC) and Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPA).
On July 12,2015 the UNP, SLMC and TPA signed agreements with the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) and anti-Rajapaksa members of the SLFP to form the United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) to contest the election.
The All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC) will also contest with the UNFGG
The UNFGG is believed to have the tacit support of President Sirisena but officially he has pledged to be neutral.
The UNFGG had originally been established by the re-naming of the JHU after it left the UPFA.It was registered as a political party with the diamond symbol.
Despite this the UNFGG is contesting the election under the name and elephant symbol of the UNP.
The election to the 225-seat national parliament promises a close battle between the United National Party (UNP) of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and the UPFA of President Maithripala Sirisena
2010 Sri Lankan Parliament Election Results
The election was held on April 08,2010 where the incumbent United People's Freedom Alliance(UPFA), buoyed by the military defeat of the LTTE, won a landslide victory, securing 144 seats, an increase of 39 since the 2004 election
The main opposition UNF is won 60 seats, a decline of 22
The minority Tamil Party Tamil National Alliance (TNA) won 14 seats, down from the 22 they won in 2004, and the DNA, contesting for the first time, won 7 seats
Polling booths set to open across the island at 7:00am (0130 GMT), with voting set to continue for nine hours under tight security provided by 74,000 police and paramilitary forces,
Over 15 million voters are eligible to vote
196 MPs will be elected from 22 multi-member Electoral Districts using the open party-list proportional representation method and the remaining 29 eats will be allocated to contesting parties and independent groups in proportion to their share of the national vote
A total of 6,151 candidates from 21 registered political parties (3,653) and 201 independent groups (2,498) will be competing for the 196 district seats
Nominations took place between July 06-13, 2015 and the nominations of 12 registered political parties and 24 independent groups were rejected
- The United People's Freedom Alliance(UPFA)
- United National Front for Good Governance(UNFGG) and
- Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna(JVP)
The Tamil National Alliance, the largest party representing theSri Lankan Tamils , is contesting in the five electoral districts in the north and east and is aiming to win 20 seats
The JVP, which had contested the two previous parliamentary elections in alliances, is contesting this election on its own.
The UNP had contested past parliamentary elections in alliance with smaller parties representing ethnic minorities but many of these had defected to the UPFA after the election.Prior to this election being called the UNP had claimed it would contest the election on its own.However, after the election had been called it started forming alliances with minority parties including the Sri Lankan Muslim Congress(SLMC) and Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPA).
On July 12,2015 the UNP, SLMC and TPA signed agreements with the Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) and anti-Rajapaksa members of the SLFP to form the United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) to contest the election.
The All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC) will also contest with the UNFGG
The UNFGG is believed to have the tacit support of President Sirisena but officially he has pledged to be neutral.
The UNFGG had originally been established by the re-naming of the JHU after it left the UPFA.It was registered as a political party with the diamond symbol.
Despite this the UNFGG is contesting the election under the name and elephant symbol of the UNP.
The election to the 225-seat national parliament promises a close battle between the United National Party (UNP) of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and the UPFA of President Maithripala Sirisena
The rivalry between Ranil Wickremesinghe and Maithripala Sirisena is limited to
party positions they hold as the former’s support helped the latter
become president in January 2015 by defeating Mahinda Rajapaksa.
However the real challenge to the UNP comes from former president and Sinhala strongman Mr. Rajapaksa.
Mahinda. Rajapaksa(69) forced himself into the UPFA reckoning to contest the
parliamentary poll, an action unprecedented for a former president of
the country.
Maithripala Sirisena was not in favour of granting Mahinda Rajapaksa a party ticket but his party allies have defied his wishes.
2010 Sri Lankan Parliament Election Results
The election was held on April 08,2010 where the incumbent United People's Freedom Alliance(UPFA), buoyed by the military defeat of the LTTE, won a landslide victory, securing 144 seats, an increase of 39 since the 2004 election
The main opposition UNF is won 60 seats, a decline of 22
The minority Tamil Party Tamil National Alliance (TNA) won 14 seats, down from the 22 they won in 2004, and the DNA, contesting for the first time, won 7 seats
Of the total 22 electoral districts, the UNP secured a majority in 11; UPFA, eight; and the TNA-ITAK combine, three.
Final results
Results declared: 225
| UPFA | UNP | Tamil National Alliance (TNA) /Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kadchi (ITAK) | Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95 | 106 | 16 | 6 | 2 |
| District | UNFGG | UPFA | JVP | TNA | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colombo | 11 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Gampaha | 9 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Kandy | 7 | 5 | |||
| Matale | 3 | 2 | |||
| Nuwara-eliya | 5 | 3 | |||
| Galle | 4 | 6 | |||
| Matara | 3 | 5 | |||
| Habantota | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Jaffna | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Vanni | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Batticaloa | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Ampara | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Trincomalee | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Kurunegala | 7 | 8 | |||
| Puttalam | 5 | 3 | |||
| Anuradhapura | 4 | 5 | |||
| Polonnaruwa | 3 | 2 | |||
| Badulla | 5 | 3 | |||
| Monaragala | 2 | 3 | |||
| Ratnapura | 5 | 6 | |||
| Kegalle | 5 | 4 | |||
| National list | 13 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Total | 106 | 95 | 6 | 16 | 2 |
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