United National Party (UNP) led United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) coalition with 106 seats emerged as the winner in the 2015 Parliamentary elections of Sri Lanka.
However it failed to secure absolute majority in the Parliament of 225 members.
The final tally of the Parliamentary elections held on 17 August 2015 was announced by Sri Lanka’s Election Department. The elections were held ten months ahead of schedule to elect 225 members to Sri Lanka’s 15th Parliament.
Ranil Wickremesinghe emerged the winner
UNP led by incumbent Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe emerged the winner.
Hs alliance took 45 percent of the vote cast (about 51 lakh votes).
Mahinda Rajapaksa lost the chance to come back as PM
The main opposition party the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) that is an alliance led by Mahinda Rajapaksa was able to secure 95 seats with 42 percent of votes casted or about 47 lakh votes.
Tamil National Alliance
Tamil National Alliance with 16 seats and the JVP with 6 emerged as the next largest parties in the new parliament.
Highest Ever Preferential Votes
Wickremesinghe received the highest ever preferential votes in Sri Lankan history as 550000 people marked their preference for him in his constituency Colombo.
