Landslide win for Sri Lanka’s leftist
The National People’s Power has already secured a two-thirds majority in Parliament after winning a total of 159 seats in the House in the 2024 General Election.
The National People’s Power had confirmed its majority power in parliament, which it sought during the election campaigning, after winning a whopping 16 out of the 19 available seats in the Gampaha District.
NPP polled a total of 898,759 votes (72%) to win the district while the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) placed second with 150,445 votes (12.18%).
The NPP has thereby secured 16 seats in the district while the SJB has won the 3 remaining seats.
This brings the party’s tally of seats secured. It needed 113 seats in the 225-member house to secure a majority. 159 of 225 seats, a huge lead on opposition alliance Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), which won 40.
NPP leader and President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, who had called for snap parliamentary elections after winning the presidential poll, needs a clear majority to deliver his promise to combat corruption and restore stability after the country’s worst-ever economic crisis.
