Sri Lanka’s NPP secures ‘super majority’ in parliament as it secures biggest ever win!

The Election Commission of Sri Lanka has released the all-island final results in the 2024 General Election with the National People’s Power (NPP) securing a resounding victory in the Parliamentary Poll.

NPP has won 159 seats including 18 bonus seats after polling a total of over 6.8 million votes, which is 61.56% of the total votes counted.

Meanwhile, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) becomes the main opposition party of the tenth Parliament after polling over 1.9 million votes (17.66%) and thereby obtaining 40 seats including 5 bonus seats.

Ilankai Thamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) has won 8 seats including 1 bonus seat, New Democratic Front (NDF) has won 5 seats including 2 bonus seats while the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) has managed only 3 seats including 1 bonus seat.

Meanwhile, ‘Sarvajana Balaya’ failed to win any seats, however, has managed to secure one bonus seat.

The United National Party (UNP), Democratic Tamil National Alliance (DTNA) All Ceylon Tamil Congress (ACTC), All Ceylon Makkal Congress (ACMC), Jaffna – Independent Group 17 and Sri Lanka Labour Party (SLLP) have won one seat each.

National People’s Power (NPP) – 6,863,186 (159 seats)
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB)  – 1,968,716 (40 seats)
Ilankai Thamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK) – 257,813 (8 seats)
New Democratic Front (NDF) – 500,835 (5 seats)
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) – 350,429 (3 seats)