Sri Lankan president's NPP party wins majority in general election
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s “National People’s Power” won a thumping victory in a snap general election, gaining power to push through his plans to fight poverty and graft in the island nation recovering from a financial meltdown.
The sweeping mandate, which included surprise backing from the north and east of the country which is home to the minority Tamil people, is an unprecedented vote for change and indicates that Sri Lanka is in sync on moving ahead, analysts said.
The Election Commission of Sri Lanka has released the all-island final results in the 2024 General Election with the National People’s Power (NPP) securing a resounding victory in the Parliamentary Poll.
NPP has won 159 seats including 18 bonus seats after polling a total of over 6.8 million votes, which is 61.56% of the total votes counted.
Meanwhile, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) becomes the main opposition party of the tenth Parliament after polling over 1.9 million votes (17.66%) and thereby obtaining 40 seats including 5 bonus seats.
Ilankai Thamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) has won 8 seats including 1 bonus seat, New Democratic Front (NDF) has won 5 seats including 2 bonus seats while the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has managed only 3 seats including 1 bonus seat.
Meanwhile, ‘Sarvajana Balaya’ failed to win any seats, however, has managed to secure one bonus seat.
The United National Party (UNP), Democratic Tamil National Alliance (DTNA) All Ceylon Tamil Congress (ACTC), All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC), Jaffna - Independent Group 17 and Sri Lanka Labour Party (SLLP) have won one seat each.
National People’s Power (NPP) – 6,863,186 (159 seats)
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) - 1,968,716 (40 seats)
Ilankai Thamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) – 257,813 (8 seats)
New Democratic Front (NDF) – 500,835 (5 seats)
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) – 350,429 (3 seats)