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Dissanayake won the presidential election in September.
Voting for parliamentary elections took place in Sri Lanka on Thursday. Counting of votes continues today i.e. Friday, 15 November. According to the results so far, the ruling coalition National People's Power (NPP) led by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake seems to be moving towards majority.
According to the results released so far on Friday, NPP has got 62% of the total votes i.e. more than 44 lakh votes. NPP has won 35 seats out of 196 seats to be decided on the basis of districts. The main opposition SJB party is in second place with 18% votes and 8 seats.
Apart from this, the National Democratic Front, supported by former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, got less than 5% of the votes, getting only 1 seat in its account. At the same time, the Sri Lanka People's Front (SLPP) party of the Rajapaksa family, which dominates Sri Lankan politics, is in fourth place, although it has got 2 seats.
It may take 1 to 2 days to get complete results.
113 seats required for majority
There are 225 seats in the Parliament of Sri Lanka. The figure of 113 is necessary for majority. It is very important for President Dissanayake to get majority in this election. President Dissanayake can implement important policies of the government only after getting approval from the Parliament.
At present his party has only 3 MPs in Parliament. According to local media reports, Dissanayake may get an absolute majority in the elections.
Parliamentary elections were last held in Sri Lanka in August 2020. In such a situation, new elections were to be held next year but after winning the presidential election in September this year, Anura Kumara Dissanayake dissolved the Parliament. After this parliamentary elections were announced. The results of the elections held in 2020 were as follows-
Dissanayake promised to reduce the power of the acting President
According to the Sri Lankan Election Commission, 8,821 candidates have tried their luck in the parliamentary elections. Voters directly elect 196 members to Parliament from 22 constituencies under the system of proportional representation. The remaining 29 seats are distributed according to proportional vote.
The party gets a share in 29 seats according to the number of votes it gets in the elections. A voter can vote for 3 candidates on the basis of priority.
According to Al Jazeera, President Dissanayake believes that the power of the country is largely under the 'Acting President'. They have entered the elections with the promise of reducing this power, but they will need changes in the Constitution. They need two-thirds of the seats for this. Dissanayake is appealing to the public to win this many seats.
The post of executive presidency in Sri Lanka first came into existence in 1978. Since then it has been criticized, but after coming to power till now no party has tried to destroy its power.
Dissanayake has promised to curb corruption and improve the deal with the IMF during the Ranil Wickremesinghe era.
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