2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election

2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election
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All 225 seats in Parliament
113 seats needed for a majority
Turnout77.66%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe Maithripala Sirisena[b]
Party UNFGG UPFA
Last election 29.34%, 60 seats[a] 60.33%, 144 seats
Seats won 106 95
Seat change Increase 46 Decrease 49
Popular vote 5,098,916 4,732,664
Percentage 45.66% 42.38%
Swing Increase 16.32pp Decrease 17.95pp
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader R. Sampanthan Anura Kumara Dissanayake
Party TNA JVP
Last election 2.90%, 14 seats 5.49%, 4 seats
Seats won 16 6
Seat change Increase 2 Increase 2
Popular vote 515,963 543,944
Percentage 4.62% 4.87%
Swing Increase 1.72pp Decrease 0.62pp
Results by polling division
      UNFGG        UPFA        TNA
Prime Minister before election

Ranil Wickremesinghe
UNF

Prime Minister after election

Ranil Wickremesinghe
UNFGG

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Parliamentary elections were held in Sri Lanka on 17 August 2015, ten months ahead of schedule, to elect 225 members to Sri Lanka's 15th Parliament.[1][2][3][4]

The United National Party (UNP) led United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) won 106 seats, an increase of 46 since the 2010 election, but failed to secure a majority in Parliament.[5] The United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) won 95 seats, a decline of 49.[5][6] The Tamil National Alliance (TNA), the largest party representing Sri Lankan Tamils, won 16 seats, an increase of two from 2010.[5] The remaining eight seats were won by Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (6), Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (1) and Eelam People's Democratic Party (1).[7]

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, leader of the UNFGG and UNP, was able to form a national government with the support of UPFA MPs loyal to President Maithripala Sirisena.[8][9]


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