Elections in Sri Lanka

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Elections in Sri Lanka gives information on election and election results in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. The president is elected for a six year term by the people. The Parliament has 225 members, elected for a six 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.

Sri Lanka has a multi party system, with two dominant political parties,and with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.

Latest elections

2010 Presidential election

Main article: Sri Lankan presidential election, 2010

 Summary of the 2010 Sri Lankan presidential election

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Mahinda Rajapaksa	United People's Freedom Alliance	6,015,934	57.88%
	Sarath Fonseka	New Democratic Front	4,173,185	40.15%
	Mohomad Cassim Mohomad Ismail	Democratic United National Front	39,226	0.38%
	Achala Ashoka Suraweera	National Development Front	26,266	0.25%
	Channa Janaka Sugathsiri Gamage	United Democratic Front	23,290	0.22%
	W. V. Mahiman Ranjith	Independent	18,747	0.18%
	A. S. P Liyanage	Sri Lanka Labour Party	14,220	0.14%
	Sarath Manamendra	New Sinhala Heritage	9,684	0.09%
	M. K. Shivajilingam	Independent	9,662	0.09%
	Ukkubanda Wijekoon	Independent	9,381	0.09%
	Lal Perera	Our National Front	9,353	0.09%
	Siritunga Jayasuriya	United Socialist Party	8,352	0.08%
	Vikramabahu Karunaratne	Left Front	7,055	0.07%
	Aithurus M. Illias	Independent	6,131	0.06%
	Wije Dias	Socialist Equality Party	4,195	0.04%
	Sanath Pinnaduwa	National Alliance	3,523	0.03%
	M. Mohamed Musthaffa	Independent	3,134	0.03%
	Battaramulle Seelarathana Thero	Jana Setha Peramuna	2,770	0.03%
	Senaratna de Silva	Patriotic National Front	2,620	0.03%
	Aruna de Zoyza	Ruhuna People's Party	2,618	0.03%
	Upali Sarath Kongahage	United National Alternative Front	2,260	0.02%
	Muthu Bandara Theminimulla	All Are Citizens, All Are Kings Organisation	2,007	0.02%
Valid Votes			10,393,613	100.00%
Rejected Votes			101,838
Total Polled			10,495,451
Registered Electors			14,088,500
Turnout			74.50%
Source: Department of Elections, Sri Lanka

2010 Parliamentary election

Main article: Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2010

 Summary of the 2010 Sri Lankan parliamentary election

Alliances and parties		Votes	%	Seats
				District	National	Total
	United People's Freedom Alliance All Ceylon Muslim Congress Ceylon Workers' Congress Communist Party of Sri Lanka Eelam People's Democratic Party1 Jathika Hela Urumaya Lanka Sama Samaja Party Mahajana Eksath Peramuna National Congress National Freedom Front Sri Lanka Freedom Party Up-Country People's Front2	4,846,388	60.33%	127	17	144
	United National Front3 Democratic People's Front Sri Lanka Muslim Congress United National Party	2,357,057	29.34%	51	9	60
	Tamil National Alliance4 Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization	233,190	2.90%	13	1	14
	Democratic National Alliance Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna	441,251	5.49%	5	2	7
	Independent lists	38,947	0.48%	0	0	0
	Up-Country People's Front2	24,670	0.31%	0	0	0
	Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal	20,284	0.25%	0	0	0
	Sinhalaye Mahasammatha Bhoomiputra Pakshaya	12,170	0.15%	0	0	0
	Tamil United Liberation Front	9,223	0.11%	0	0	0
	Tamil National People's Front5 All Ceylon Tamil Congress	7,544	0.09%	0	0	0
	Democratic People's Liberation Front People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam	6,036	0.08%	0	0	0
	Sri Lanka National Front	5,313	0.07%	0	0	0
	Others	31,644	0.39%	0	0	0
Valid Votes		8,033,717	100.00%	196	29	225
Rejected Votes		596,972
Total Polled		8,630,689
Registered Electors		14,088,500
Turnout		61.26%
Source: Department of Elections, Sri Lanka 1. The EPDP contested separately in Vanni and with the United People's Freedom Alliance in all other districts. 2. The UCPF contested separately in Badulla and Nuwara Eliya, and with the United People's Freedom Alliance in all other districts. 3. The UNF contested under the name and symbol of United National Party. 4. The TNA contested under the name and symbol of Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi. 5. The TNPF contested under the name and symbol of All Ceylon Tamil Congress.

See also

• Electoral calendar
• Electoral system

External links

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