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2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election

2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election
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All 225 seats in the Parliament of Sri Lanka
113 seats needed for a majority
Turnout75.89% (Decrease 1.77pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa Sajith Premadasa R. Sampanthan
Party SLPFA SJB TNA
Last election Did not exist Did not exist 4.62%, 16 seats
Seats won 145 54 10
Seat change New party New party Decrease 6
Popular vote 6,853,690 2,771,980 327,168
Percentage 59.09% 23.90% 2.82%
Swing New party New party Decrease 1.80pp
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake Ranil Wickremesinghe
Party NPP UNP
Last election 4.87%, 6 seats[a] 45.66%, 106 seats[b]
Seats won 3 1
Seat change Decrease 3 Decrease 105
Popular vote 445,958 249,435
Percentage 3.84% 2.15%
Swing Decrease 1.03pp Decrease 43.51pp
Results by polling division:
      SLPFA        SJB        TNA        SLFP        EPDP        Other parties
Prime Minister before election

Mahinda Rajapaksa
SLPFA

Prime Minister after election

Mahinda Rajapaksa
SLPFA

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  • Secretary General
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  • D. W. R. B. Seneviratne
Judiciary
  • Parinda Ranasinghe
  • Ayesha Jinasena
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  • R. M. A. L. Rathnayake
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  • Ameer Faaiz
  • Anusuya Shanmuganathan
  • Lakshman Dissanayake
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Parliamentary elections were held in Sri Lanka on 5 August 2020 to elect 225 members to Sri Lanka's 16th Parliament.[1][2][3] 16,263,885 people were eligible to vote in the election, 31.95% of whom were young voters.[4][5]

The incumbent Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance coalition claimed a landslide victory in the election, winning 145 seats,[6][7][8] while Samagi Jana Balawegaya won 54 seats, Tamil National Alliance won 10 seats and National People's Power won 3 seats.[9][10][11] The main opposition United National Party suffered its worst showing in history following a split over party leadership, finishing in fifth place with only one seat.[12]

The election was postponed at least twice due to a surge in COVID-19 cases in the country, before the date was finalized as 5 August 2020.[13][14] Prior to the election, a coronavirus-proof mock election was conducted by the Election Commission in June 2020 as a trial run in order to comply with health guidelines.[15][16]

Initial reports revealed that the overall voter turnout was estimated at 70%, comparatively less than the turnout of the previous elections, mainly due to COVID-19.[17] Vote counting started on 6 August 2020 at around 9 am.[18] The new parliament is expected to reconvene on 20 August 2020.[19][20]

In November 2018, the date was briefly moved forward by more than a year to 5 January 2019 after President Maithripala Sirisena dissolved parliament during a constitutional crisis and called for a snap election.[21] The Supreme Court later suspended the dissolution and ordered a halt to the snap election, effectively moving the election's date back to 2020.[22]


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