Draft:List of parliamentary elections in Sri Lanka
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List of legislative and state council elections
[edit]List of parliamentary elections
[edit]| Election year | Parliament | Total seats | Turnout | The largest party | Seats won by the largest party | Margin of majority | Percentage in the parliament | Prime Minister | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | First | 95 | 55.81% | United National Party | 42 | -6 | 44.21% | D. S. Senanayake (1947–1952)[a] Dudley Senanayake (1952) | |
| 1952 | Second | 70.70% | United National Party | 54 | 6 | 56.84% | Dudley Senanayake (1952–1953)[b] Sir John Kotelawala (1953–1956) | ||
| 1956 | Third | 69.04% | Mahajana Eksath Peramuna | 51 | 3 | 53.68% | S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike (1956–1959)[c] Wijeyananda Dahanayake (1959–1960) | ||
| March 1960 | Fourth | 151 | 77.6% | United National Party | 50 | -26 | 33.11% | Dudley Senanayake | |
| July 1960 | Fifth | 75.9% | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 75 | -1 | 49.67% | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | ||
| 1965 | Sixth | 81.13% | United National Party | 66 | -10 | 43.71% | Dudley Senanayake | ||
| 1970 | Seventh | – | Sri Lanka Freedom Party | 91 | 15 | 60.26% | Sirimavo Bandaranaike | ||
| 1977[d] | Eighth | 168 | – | United National Party | 140 | 55 | 83.33% | J. R. Jayewardene (1977–1978)[e] Ranasinghe Premadasa (1978–1989)[f] | |
| 1989[g] | Nineth | 225 | 63.60% | United National Party | 125 | 12 | 55.56% | Dingiri Banda Wijetunga (1989–1993)[h] Ranil Wickremesinghe (1993–1994) | |
| 1994 | Tenth | 76.24% | People's Alliance | 105 | 8 | 46.67% | Chandrika Kumaratunga (1994)[i] Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1994–2000)[j] Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (2000) | ||
| 2000 | Eleventh | 75.63% | People's Alliance | 107 | 6 | 47.56% | Ratnasiri Wickremanayake | ||
| 2001 | Twelfth | 76.03% | United National Front | 96 | -17 | 42.67% | Ranil Wickremesinghe | ||
| 2004 | Thirteenth | 75.96% | United People's Freedom Alliance | 105 | -8 | 46.67% | Mahinda Rajapaksa (2004–2005)[k] Ratnasiri Wickremanayake (2005–2010) | ||
| 2010 | Fourteenth | 61.26% | United People's Freedom Alliance | 144 | 31 | 64% | D. M. Jayaratne (2010–2015)[l] Ranil Wickremesinghe (2015)[m] | ||
| 2015 | Fifteenth | 77.66% | United National Front | 106 | -7 | 47.11% | Ranil Wickremesinghe (2015–2018)[n] Mahinda Rajapaksa (2018)[o] Ranil Wickremesinghe (2018–2019)[p] Mahinda Rajapaksa (2019–2020)[q] | ||
| 2020 | Sixteenth | 75.89% | Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance | 145 | 32 | 64.44% | Mahinda Rajapaksa (2020–2022)[r] Ranil Wickremesinghe (2022)[s][t] Dinesh Gunawardena (2022–2024)[u] Harini Amarasuriya (2024)[v] | ||
Notes
[edit]- ^ Died on 22 March 1952.
- ^ Resigned on 12 October 1953.
- ^ Assassinated on 26 September 1959.
- ^ The election was delayed until 1977 by using the 1972 Constitution, instead of holding it by 1975 as required under the old Soulbury Constitution.
- ^ Appointed as the 2nd president and the 1st executive president of Sri Lanka through a Constitutional amendment on 4 February 1978.
- ^ Elected as the 3rd president on 19 December 1988 and was sworn in on 2 January 1989.
- ^ The 1989 parliamentary election was the first since 1977, as the election due by 1983 had been cancelled by the 1982 referendum.
- ^ Elected unanimously by the parliament as the 4th president to complete the remainder of Ranasinghe Premadasa's term and was sworn in on 7 May 1993.
- ^ Elected as the 5th president on 9 November 1994 and was sworn in on 12 November 1994.
- ^ Resigned on 9 August 2000 due to health reasons.
- ^ Elected as the 6th president on 17 November 2005 and was sworn in on 19 November 2005.
- ^ Resigned on 9 January 2015.
- ^ Appointed as prime minister by President Maithripala Sirisena on 9 January 2015 following his victory in the 2015 presidential election.
- ^ Dismissed from office by President Maithripala Sirisena on 26 October 2018.
- ^ Appointed by Sirisena as the prime minister on 26 October 2018. After failing to secure a vote of majority support in the House, Rajapaksa's duties were suspended by the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. Subsequently resigned from office on 15 December 2018.
- ^ Restored as prime minister after the 2018 Sri Lankan constitutional crisis on 16 December 2018. Resigned in 2019.
- ^ Appointed as prime minister by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on 21 November 2019 following his victory in the 2019 presidential election.
- ^ Resigned on 9 May 2022.
- ^ Appointed as prime minister by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on 12 May 2022.
- ^ Became the acting president on 14 July 2022 after Rajapaksa fled the country and resigned. Elected as the 10th president by the parliament on 20 July 2022 and was sworn in on 21 July 2022.
- ^ Appointed as prime minister by President Ranil Wickremesinghe on 22 July 2022. Resigned on 23 September 2024.
- ^ Appointed as prime minister by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on 24 September 2024 following his victory in the 2024 presidential election.