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- Breaking : Sri Lanka’s NPP confirms 2/3rds majority:
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s National People’s Power (NPP) confirms that the party has obtained a 2/3rds majority in the Parliament of Sri Lanka.
A senior NPP member told Newswire that the party is likely to get more than 150 seats in Parliament, which is the first time in Sri Lanka that a single party has achieved this feat under the Proportional Representation system.
- Seat allocation :
As of 09.10 am, the National People’s Power (NPP) leads with 85 seats, followed by the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) with 23 seats, the National Democratic Front (NDF) with 03 seats, and the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) and the Illankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) with 02 seats each.
- Johnston Fernando out of Parliament:
Former Minister Johnston Fernando, who first entered Parliament in 2000 and served for over two decades, is left without a Parliamentary seat for the first time in 24 years.
Several former ministers and other politicians have also failed to secure seats in the Tenth Parliament of Sri Lanka. They are;
- Former Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera – Hambantota
- Former Minister Ramesh Pathirana – Galle
- Former Minister Manusha Nanayakkara – Galle
- Former Power & Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera – Matara
- Former Minister Roshan Ranasinghe – Kalutara District
- Former Minister S. M. Chandrasena – Anuradhapura
- Former Minister Duminda Dissanayake – Anuradhapura
- Former Minister Pavithra Wanniarachchi – Ratnapura
- Former state minister Ranjith Siyambalapitiya – Kegalle
- Former state minister Premitha Bandara Tennakoon – Matale
- Former state minister Rohana Dissanayaka – Matale
- Shasheendra Rajapaksa – Monaragala
- Nipuna Ranawaka – Matara
- Daham Sirisena – Polonnaruwa District
- Former Sri Lanka cricket Captain T. M. Dilshan – Kalutara
- Cumulative result:
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s National People’s Power (NPP) leads the General Election with over 5 million votes, securing 52 seats as of now, followed by the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) with 13 seats, and the National Democratic Front (NDF) and Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) with 02 seats each.
- District final results:
The National Election Commission has so far issued the final results of eleven districts in the 2024 General Election. The eleven districts are:
- Vanni District-
- Kalutara District –
- Nuwara Eliya –
- Matale District –
- Trincomalee District –
- Polonnaruwa District –
- Monaragala District –
- Matara District –
- Hambantota District –
- Badulla District –
- Galle District-
- Dilshan loses out on Parliament seat :
Former Sri Lanka cricket Captain T. M. Dilshan, who contested from the Kalutara District, has lost his maiden attempt at securing a seat in Parliament.
- Seat allocation :
As of 07.00 am, the National People’s Power (NPP) leads with 44 seats, followed by the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) with 11 seats, the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) with 02 seats and the National Democratic Front (NDF) and the Illankai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) with 01 seats each.
- Historic shift :
The National Peoples’ Power (NPP) claims a groundbreaking win in Central Colombo, a longtime stronghold of the United National Party (UNP) / Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB).
- Seat allocation :
As of 06.00 am, the National People’s Power (NPP) leads with 33 seats, followed by the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) with 07 seats, the National Democratic Front (NDF) with 01 seat, and the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) with 02 seats.
- Final results of 07 districts released so far
The National Election Commission has so far issued the final results of six districts in the 2024 General Election. The six districts are;
- Galle District
- Badulla District
- Hambantota District
- Matara District
- Monaragala District
- Polonnaruwa District
- Trincomalee District
- Several former ministers fail to secure a seat in Parliament:
Former Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera – Hambantota
Former Minister Ramesh Pathirana – Galle
Former Minister Manusha Nanayakkara – Galle
Former Power & Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera – Matara
Shasheendra Rajapaksa – Monaragala
Nipuna Ranawaka – Matara
Daham Sirisena – Polonnaruwa District
- Seat allocation :
As of 05.00 am, the National People’s Power (NPP) leads with 22 seats, followed by the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) with 04 seats and the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) with 2 seats.
- Daham Sirisena loses:
Daham Sirisena, the son of former President Maithripala Sirisena, who contested from the Saravajana Balaya party in the Polonnaruwa District has failed to secure a seat in Parliament.
- Seat allocation :
As of 4:10 am, the National People’s Power (NPP) leads with 16 seats, while the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) follows with 3 seats and the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) with 2 seats.
- 3 former ministers defeated
Former Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera is out of Parliament as his party falls short of securing a seat in Hambantota.
Former Ministers Ramesh Pathirana and Manusha Nanayakkara are out from Parliament as their party failed to secure a seat in Galle.
- Cumulative Result :
As of 4.00 am, the National People’s Power (NPP) takes the lead with 12 seats secured, with the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) and Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) securing 2 seats each.
- Big wins for NPP in Jaffna :
The National People’s Power (NPP) has dominated the Jaffna polling division securing over 9000 votes in the 2024 General Election.
The NPP secured 9,066 votes defeating the Illangai Tamil Arasu Katchi (ITAK) which only managed 2,582 votes.
The Vanni District was also dominated by the NPP, which secured 4,371 postal votes while the ITAK only obtained 2,349 votes.
- United Democratic Voice :
Newcomer Ranjan Ramanayake’s party, the United Democratic Voice (UDV) is in 07th position in the 2024 General Election.
- Cumulative result :
The National People’s Power (NPP) leads with over 370,000 votes in the 2024 Parliamentary Election, as of 01.00 am.
- Ambalangoda Postal Vote comparison :
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) has lost nearly 10,000 votes, while the National Peoples’ Power (NPP) has gained over 3,000 votes.
- Cumulative result :
The National People’s Power (NPP) leads with over 200,000 votes in the 2024 Parliamentary Election, as of 12.00 am.
- Colombo Postal Vote comparison:
The National People’s Power (NPP) has secured over 8,000 votes in comparison to the Presidential election.
- SLPP Hambantota Postal Vote comparison:
The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) lost over 12,000 votes in the 2024 General Election, in comparison to the 2020 Parliamentary Election.
- Galle polling division comparison:
The National People’s Power (NPP) has gained over 4,000 votes, while the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) has lost 8,000 votes, and the National Democratic Front (NDF) has seen a decline of 5,000 votes.
- Ratnapura Postal Vote Comparison:
Ranil Wickremesinghe’s National Democratic Front (NDF) lost over 5,000 votes while the National People’s Power (NPP) gained over 6000 votes in the General Election.
- Cumulative result :
The first two postal vote results show the National People’s Power (NPP) in the lead with 57,072 votes.
- Galle Postal Vote Comparison:
The National People’s Power (NPP) secured over 7,000 new postal votes in the Parliamentary election.
- Galle District | Postal Vote
NPP – 32,296
SJB – 3,523
NDF – 1,964
The Election Commission has outlined the process for counting votes in the general election that was held today.
Election Commission Chairman R.M.L. Rathnayake, addressing a media briefing, stated that the counting of postal votes began at 4:15 p.m. today.
The counting of regular votes is expected to start around 7:15 p.m., depending on when ballot boxes arrive at counting centres, he noted.
The vote-counting process will proceed as follows:
– Ballots in each box will be counted first.
– Votes for each political party or independent group will then be tallied to determine the number of parliamentary seats allocated to each.
– Preferential votes for individual candidates will then be counted, with candidates securing the highest number of votes in their respective parties or groups elected to Parliament.
The results from each voting area and district will be announced only after they have been reviewed and approved by the Election Secretariat, Rathnayake added.
The election commission chairman also urged voters to avoid congregating near counting centres or on nearby roads during the counting process.
“We urge the public especially not to be present around counting centres or on the road for whatever reason,” Rathnayake said.
The Election Commission expects to release the first postal vote results before midnight. (Newswire)
