Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2015

15th Sri Lankan parliamentary election

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All 225 seats to the Parliament of Sri Lanka 113 seats are needed for a majority
Turnout	77.66%
First party Second party   Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe Maithripala Sirisena Party United National Front for Good Governance United People's Freedom Alliance Leader since 2015 2015 Leader's seat Colombo District n/a Last election 60 seats, 29.34% 144 seats, 60.33% Seats won 106 95 Seat change 46 49 Popular vote 5,098,916 4,732,664 Percentage 45.66% 42.38% Swing 16.32% 17.95%   Third party Fourth party   Leader R. Sampanthan Anura Kumara Dissanayaka Party Tamil National Alliance People's Liberation Front Leader since 2001 2014 Leader's seat Trincomalee District Colombo District Last election 14 seats, 2.90% 4 seats, 5.49% Seats won 16 6 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 515,963 543,944 Percentage 4.62% 4.87% Swing 1.72% 0.62%
Polling divisions won by ■ – UNFGG ■ – UPFA ■ – TNA
Prime Minister before election Ranil Wickremesinghe United National Party Prime Minister-designate Ranil Wickremesinghe United National Front for Good Governance

■ – UNFGG ■ – UPFA

Ranil Wickremesinghe
United National Party

Ranil Wickremesinghe
United National Front for Good Governance

The 2015 Sri Lankan parliamentary election was held on 17 August 2015, ten months ahead of schedule, to elect 225 members to Sri Lanka's 15th Parliament.

The incumbent 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. The main opposition United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) won 95 seats, a decline of 49. The Tamil National Alliance (TNA), the largest party representing Sri Lankan Tamils, won 16 seats, an increase of two from 2010. The remaining eight seats were won by Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (6), Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (1) and Eelam People's Democratic Party (1).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.

The last parliamentary election was held in April 2010. The incumbent United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA), buoyed by the military defeat of the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, won a landslide victory, securing 144 seats in the legislature. In September 2010 the UPFA, with the support of some opposition MPs, passed the eighteenth amendment to the constitution, increasing the powers of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, leader of the UPFA, and removing the two term limit on the presidency. The UPFA was also able to impeach the chief justice, allowing Rajapaksa to appoint an ally as chief justice.