Next Sri Lankan parliamentary election

Next Sri Lankan parliamentary election
← 2020 Before August 2025
All 225 seats in the Parliament of Sri Lanka
113 seats needed for a majority
 
Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa Sajith Premadasa Chandrika Kumaratunga
Party SLPP SJB People's Alliance
Last election 59.09%, 145 seats 23.90%, 54 seats New
Current seats 106 seats 59 seats
Seats needed Increase7 Increase54 Increase
 
Leader TBA Anura Kumara Dissanayake
Party TNA NPP
Last election 2.82%, 10 seats 3.84%, 3 seats
Current seats 10 seats 3 seats
Seats needed Increase103 Increase110
Incumbent Prime Minister

Dinesh Gunawardena
SLPP



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Parliamentary elections are expected to be held in Sri Lanka in 2025. The term of the 16th and current parliament is scheduled to end on 20 August 2025, marking the completion of five years from the date of its first meeting.[1][2] Parliament may be dissolved by the president either after completing two years and six months from the date of its first meeting, or upon receiving a resolution from the parliament requesting dissolution.[3]

  1. ^ "Duration of Parliament". The Parliament of Sri Lanka. 25 August 2020. Archived from the original on 9 July 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  2. ^ "The Constitution of the D. S. R. of Sri Lanka" (PDF). The Parliament of Sri Lanka. 31 October 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 April 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
  3. ^ "Parliamentary Election". Election Commission of Sri Lanka. 2024. Archived from the original on 23 July 2024. Retrieved 6 September 2024.