{"iso":"LK","name":"Sri Lanka","flag":"\ud83c\uddf1\ud83c\uddf0","vote":"Parliament \u00b7 seat projection","model":"seat","updated":"2024-11-14","source":"2024 election result, official count","credit":"No regular national vote-intention series exists, so this entry shows the November 2024 parliamentary result, official results as published by the Election Commission of Sri Lanka. The next parliamentary election is due in 2029.","shares":{"NPP":61.6,"SJB":17.7,"NDF":4.5,"SLPP":3.1,"ITAK":2.3,"SB":1.6},"polls":[],"parties":{"NPP":{"name":"Jathika Jana Balawegaya","color":"#C4094A","name_en":"National People's Power"},"SJB":{"name":"Samagi Jana Balawegaya","color":"#0B9444"},"NDF":{"name":"New Democratic Front","color":"#2C5A45"},"SLPP":{"name":"Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna","color":"#87171A"},"ITAK":{"name":"Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi","color":"#F5EF1D"},"SB":{"name":"Sarvajana Balaya","color":"#072E6E"}},"seats":{"NPP":175,"SJB":50},"seat_meta":{"total":225,"majority":113,"method":"dhondt","threshold":5.0,"chamber":"Parliament of Sri Lanka","note":"Real system is largest-remainder PR in 22 multi-member districts (each awarding a bonus seat to its top party, 5% district threshold) plus 29 national-list seats; approximated as one national pool, which understates the per-district winner bonuses that favour the largest party.","largest":"NPP"},"primer":{"system":"Republic with an executive president","head_of_state":"President Anura Kumara Dissanayake","legislature":"Parliament of Sri Lanka, unicameral, 225 members elected for five-year terms.","electoral_system":"Members are elected by proportional representation under universal suffrage.","government_now":"The left-wing National People's Power, led by President Dissanayake, holds 159 of 225 seats, the first single-party supermajority since 1977.","context":"Dissanayake won the presidency in 2024 and called early parliamentary elections for 14 November 2024, which the NPP won in a landslide, taking every district except Batticaloa. The 17th Parliament convened on 21 November 2024.","sources":"Cross-checked against the English-language MediaWiki encyclopedic record via its public API, 2 July 2026."},"parties_info":{"NPP":["Jathika Jana Balawegaya","National People's Power","Left-wing/Marxist-rooted alliance fronted by the JVP and led by President Dissanayake; won a 2024 landslide and governs with a parliamentary supermajority."],"SJB":["Samagi Jana Balawegaya","United People's Power","Centre to centre-left liberal party that split from the UNP under Sajith Premadasa; now the main opposition."],"NDF":["New Democratic Front","","Ballot vehicle used in 2024 by Ranil Wickremesinghe's pro-market UNP-aligned camp; a small centre-right opposition grouping."],"SLPP":["Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna","Sri Lanka People's Front","Sinhala-nationalist, populist party of the Rajapaksa family; dominant 2019-2022 but collapsed to a handful of seats after the economic crisis, now a small opposition bloc."],"ITAK":["Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi","Tamil Federal Party","Main Tamil-nationalist party and core of the former Tamil National Alliance; represents the Tamil minority of the north and east, in opposition."],"SB":["Sarvajana Balaya","People's Power","Nationalist opposition alliance led by businessman Dilith Jayaweera and built around the Communist Party; won a single national-list seat in 2024."]},"seats_now":{"chamber":"Parliament","as_of":"2024 election","total":225,"seats":{"NPP":159,"SJB":40,"ITAK":8,"NDF":5,"SLPP":3,"SB":1}},"region_winners":{"Trincomalee":"NPP","Mullaitivu":"NPP","Jaffna":"NPP","Kilinochchi":"NPP","Mannar":"NPP","Puttalam":"NPP","Gampaha":"NPP","Colombo":"NPP","Kalutara":"NPP","Galle":"NPP","Matara":"NPP","Hambantota":"NPP","Ampara":"NPP","Batticaloa":"ITAK","Ratnapura":"NPP","Monaragala":"NPP","Kegalle":"NPP","Badulla":"NPP","Matale":"NPP","Polonnaruwa":"NPP","Kurunegala":"NPP","Anuradhapura":"NPP","Nuwara Eliya":"NPP","Vavuniya":"NPP","Kandy":"NPP"},"region_meta":{"election":"2024 Sri Lankan parliamentary election (14 November 2024)","source":"Election Commission of Sri Lanka, official results by electoral district","note":"Each district shaded by the party that polled the most votes. The National People's Power won every electoral district in a landslide except Batticaloa, taken by the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi. Results are reported by 22 electoral districts, so the four northern administrative districts Mullaitivu, Kilinochchi, Mannar and Vavuniya are shaded by the combined Vanni electoral district result, won by the NPP."},"has_geo":true,"next_election":{"date":"2029-11","title":"Sri Lankan parliamentary election (expected)","chamber":"Parliament","type":"expected"}}