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14th Sri Lankan Parliament

14th Parliament of Sri Lanka
13th 15th
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Overview
Meeting place Sri Lankan Parliament Building
Term 22 April 2010 (2010-04-22) – 26 June 2015 (2015-06-26)
Election 8 April 2010 & 20 April 2010
Website parliament.lk
Parliamentarians
Members 225
Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa, UPFA
Deputy Speaker and
Chairman of Committees
Piyankara Jayaratne, UPFA (2010)
Chandima Weerakkody, UPFA (2010-2015)
Deputy Chairman of Committees Murugesu Chandrakumar, UPFA
Prime Minister D. M. Jayaratne, UPFA (2010-2015)
Ranil Wickremasinghe, UNP (2015)
Leader of the Opposition Ranil Wickremasinghe, UNF (2010-15)
Nimal Siripala de Silva, UPFA (2015)
Leader of the House Nimal Siripala de Silva, UPFA (2010-15)
Lakshman Kiriella, UNP (2015)
Chief Government Whip Dinesh Gunawardena, UPFA (2010-15)
Gayantha Karunatileka, UNP (2015)
Chief Opposition Whip John Amaratunga, UNF (2010-15)
John Senewiratne, UPFA (2015)
Sessions
1st 22 April 2010 – 26 June 2015
1st 22 April 2010 – 26 June 2015

The 14th Parliament of Sri Lanka was a meeting of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, with the membership determined by the results of the 2010 parliamentary election held on 8 April and 20 April 2010. The parliament met for the first time on 22 April 2010 and was dissolved on 26 June 2015.

The 14th parliamentary election was held on 8 April and 20 April 2010. The incumbent United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) secured a landslide victory in the elections, buoyed by its achievement of ending the 26 year Sri Lankan Civil War by defeating the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in May 2009. The UPFA won a large majority in parliament, obtaining 144 seats, an increase of 39 since the 13th parliamentary election. The main opposition United National Front (UNF) won 60 seats, a decline of 22. The minority Tamil party Tamil National Alliance (TNA) won 14 seats, a decline of 8, and the Democratic National Alliance (DNA), contesting for the first time, won 7 seats.

The new parliament was sworn in on 22 April 2010.Chamal Rajapaksa, the brother of President Rajapaksa, was elected Speaker, Piyankara Jayaratne as the Deputy Speaker and Murugesu Chandrakumar as the Deputy Chairman of Committees. Ranil Wickremesinghe was recognised as Leaders of the Opposition.John Amaratunga was appointed as the Chief Opposition Whip.


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