Elections in Sri Lanka

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.

President

The president is directly elected for a five-year term, through a version of Instant-runoff voting in which electors rank up to three candidates, and limited to only two rounds in total. If no candidate wins a majority in the first round of voting, second and third preferences from ballots whose first preference candidate has been eliminated are used to determine the winner.[1] However, there has never been an instance where a "run-off" count has been needed since the introduction of directly elected president in the 1980s, as a candidate reached 50% in the first count in all elections.

Parliament

The Parliament has 225 members, elected for a five-year term, 196 members elected in multi-seat constituencies through proportional representation system where each party is allocated a number of seats from the quota for each district according to the proportion of the total vote that party obtains in the district. The other 29 which is called the national list are appointed by each party secretary according to the island wide proportional vote the party obtains.

Local Government

The Local government bodies in Sri Lanka;

are elected through the mixed electoral system.

Latest elections

2019 presidential election


Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Gotabaya Rajapaksa	Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna	6,924,255	52.25
	Sajith Premadasa	New Democratic Front	5,564,239	41.99
	Anura Kumara Dissanayaka	National People's Power	418,553	3.16
	Mahesh Senanayake	National People's Party	49,655	0.37
	M. L. A. M. Hizbullah	Independent	38,814	0.29
	Ariyawansa Dissanayake	Democratic United National Front	34,537	0.26
	Ajantha Perera	Socialist Party of Sri Lanka	27,572	0.21
	Rohan Pallewatte	National Development Front	25,173	0.19
	Siripala Amarasinghe	Independent	15,285	0.12
	Milroy Fernando	Independent	13,641	0.10
	M. K. Shivajilingam	Independent	12,256	0.09
	Battaramulle Seelarathana	Jana Setha Peramuna	11,879	0.09
	Ajantha de Zoysa	Ruhunu Janatha Peramuna	11,705	0.09
	Anuruddha Polgampola	Independent	10,219	0.08
	Namal Rajapaksa	National Unity Alliance	9,497	0.07
	Jayantha Ketagoda	Independent	9,467	0.07
	Duminda Nagamuwa	Frontline Socialist Party	8,219	0.06
	Aparekke Punnananda	Independent	7,611	0.06
	Subramanium Gunaratnam	Our National Front	7,333	0.06
	A. S. P. Liyanage	Sri Lanka Labour Party	6,447	0.05
	Piyasiri Wijenayake	Independent	4,636	0.03
	Aruna de Zoysa	Democratic National Movement	4,218	0.03
	Rajiva Wijesinha	Independent	4,146	0.03
	Illiyas Idroos Mohamed	Independent	3,987	0.03
	Siritunga Jayasuriya	United Socialist Party	3,944	0.03
	Sarath Keerthirathna	Independent	3,599	0.03
	Sarath Manamendra	New Sinhala Heritage	3,380	0.03
	Pani Wijesiriwardene	Socialist Equality Party	3,014	0.02
	Ashoka Wadigamangawa	Independent	2,924	0.02
	A. H. M. Alavi	Independent	2,903	0.02
	Saman Perera	Our Power of People Party	2,368	0.02
	Priyantha Edirisinghe	Okkoma Wesiyo Okkoma Rajawaru Sanwidhanaya	2,139	0.02
	Samaraweera Weerawanni	Independent	2,067	0.02
	Bedde Gamage Nandimithra	Nava Sama Samaja Party	1,841	0.01
	Samansiri Herath	Independent	976	0.01
Total			13,252,499	100.00

Valid votes			13,252,499	98.99
Invalid/blank votes			135,452	1.01
Total votes			13,387,951	100.00
Registered voters/turnout			15,992,096	83.72
Source: Election Commission

2020 Parliamentary election

Summary of the 2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election[2][3][4]
Alliances and parties		Votes	%	Seats
Alliances and parties		Votes	%	District	National	Total
	Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance[lower-roman 1] Ceylon Workers' Congress Mahajana Eksath Peramuna National Congress[lower-roman 2] National Freedom Front Pivithuru Hela Urumaya Socialist Alliance Communist Party of Sri Lanka Democratic Left Front[lower-roman 3] Lanka Sama Samaja Party[lower-roman 4] National Liberation People's Party Sri Lanka People's Party Sri Lanka Freedom Party[lower-roman 5] Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna	6,853,690	59.09%	128	17	145
	Samagi Jana Balawegaya All Ceylon Makkal Congress[lower-roman 6] Jathika Hela Urumaya Sri Lanka Muslim Congress[lower-roman 7] Tamil Progressive Alliance National Union of Workers United Progressive Alliance Democratic People's Front Up-Country People's Front United National Party (Sajith wing)	2,771,980	23.90%	47	7	54
	Tamil National Alliance[lower-roman 8] Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization	327,168	2.82%	9	1	10
	National People's Power Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna	445,958	3.84%	2	1	3
	Tamil National People's Front[lower-roman 9] All Ceylon Tamil Congress	67,766	0.58%	1	1	2
	Eelam People's Democratic Party	61,464	0.53%	2	0	2
	United National Party (Ranil wing)	249,435	2.15%	0	1	1
	Our Power of People's Party Bodu Bala Sena	67,758	0.58%	0	1	1
	Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal	67,692	0.58%	1	0	1
	Sri Lanka Freedom Party[lower-roman 5]	66,579	0.57%	1	0	1
	Muslim National Alliance	55,981	0.48%	1	0	1
	Tamil People's National Alliance Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front Eelam Tamil Self Rule Party Tamil National Party Tamil People's Council	51,301	0.44%	1	0	1
	All Ceylon Makkal Congress[lower-roman 6]	43,319	0.37%	1	0	1
	National Congress[lower-roman 2]	39,272	0.34%	1	0	1
	Sri Lanka Muslim Congress[lower-roman 7]	34,428	0.30%	1	0	1
	Independents	223,622	1.93%	0	0	0
	United Peace Alliance	31,054	0.27%	0	0	0
	All Lanka Tamil Mahasabha	30,031	0.26%	0	0	0
	National Development Front	14,686	0.13%	0	0	0
	Frontline Socialist Party	14,522	0.13%	0	0	0
	Social Democratic Party of Tamils	11,464	0.10%	0	0	0
	Tamil United Liberation Front	9,855	0.08%	0	0	0
	Socialist Party of Sri Lanka	9,368	0.08%	0	0	0
	People's Welfare Front	7,361	0.06%	0	0	0
	Sinhalese National Front	5,056	0.04%	0	0	0
	New Democratic Front	4,883	0.04%	0	0	0
	United Left Front	4,879	0.04%	0	0	0
	Liberal Party of Sri Lanka	4,345	0.04%	0	0	0
	National People's Party	3,813	0.03%	0	0	0
	Democratic United National Front	3,611	0.03%	0	0	0
	National Democratic Front	3,488	0.03%	0	0	0
	Sri Lanka Labour Party	3,134	0.03%	0	0	0
	Democratic Left Front	2,964	0.03%	0	0	0
	New Sinhala Heritage	1,397	0.01%	0	0	0
	United Socialist Party	1,189	0.01%	0	0	0
	Motherland People's Party	1,087	0.01%	0	0	0
	Eelavar Democratic Front	1,035	0.01%	0	0	0
	Socialist Equality Party	780	0.01%	0	0	0
	Lanka Sama Samaja Party[lower-roman 4]	737	0.01%	0	0	0
	All Are Citizens All Are Kings Organization	632	0.01%	0	0	0
	Democratic Unity Alliance	145	0.00%	0	0	0
Valid Votes		11,598,929	100.00%	196	29	225
Rejected Votes		744,373	6.03%
Total Polled		12,343,302	75.89%
Registered Electors		16,263,885
Footnotes: The SLPFA contested under the name and symbol of SLPP. The NC contested separately in two districts (Ampara and Polonnaruwa) and with the SLPFA in other districts. The DLF contested separately in two districts (Jaffna and Vanni) and with the SLPFA in other districts. The LSSP contested separately in one district (Jaffna) and with the SLPFA in other districts. The SLFP contested separately in three districts (Jaffna, Kalutara and Nuwara Eliya) and with the SLPFA in other districts. The ACMC contested separately in one district (Ampara) and with the SJB in other districts. The SLMC contested separately in one district (Batticaloa) and with the SJB in other districts. The TNA contested under the name and symbol of ITAK. The TNPF contested under the name and symbol of ACTC.

References

Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Election for President
"2020 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Elections". Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Election Commission of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
"Parliamentary Election 2020". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
"Official Election Results Parliamentary Election - 2020 - Sri Lanka". news.lk. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Department of Government Information. Retrieved 7 August 2020.

External links

Department of Elections
Adam Carr's Election Archive
www.Srilankanelections.com - A website featuring Sri Lankan elections and results.

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[5] The SLPFA contested under the name and symbol of SLPP.

[NC-6] The NC contested separately in two districts (Ampara and Polonnaruwa) and with the SLPFA in other districts.

[DLF-7] The DLF contested separately in two districts (Jaffna and Vanni) and with the SLPFA in other districts.

[LSSP-8] The LSSP contested separately in one district (Jaffna) and with the SLPFA in other districts.

[SLFP-9] The SLFP contested separately in three districts (Jaffna, Kalutara and Nuwara Eliya) and with the SLPFA in other districts.

[ACMC-10] The ACMC contested separately in one district (Ampara) and with the SJB in other districts.

[SLMC-11] The SLMC contested separately in one district (Batticaloa) and with the SJB in other districts.

[12] The TNA contested under the name and symbol of ITAK.

[13] The TNPF contested under the name and symbol of ACTC.

[1] Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Election for President

[EC-2] "2020 Sri Lankan Parliamentary Elections". Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka: Election Commission of Sri Lanka. Retrieved 7 August 2020.

[DM-3] "Parliamentary Election 2020". The Daily Mirror. Colombo, Sri Lanka. Retrieved 7 August 2020.

[news-4] "Official Election Results Parliamentary Election - 2020 - Sri Lanka". news.lk. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Department of Government Information. Retrieved 7 August 2020.

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