In the parliamentary snap elections, Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake‘s National People’s Party ( NPP ) won a resounding victory on Friday.
The government’s proper decision to call for quick elections proved effective, with the communist partnership obtaining at least 123 seats in the 225-member council, according to the Sri Lanka election payment website.
The group, recently held only three seats in the legislature, which led to his determination to break the legislature and call for new elections.
After promising to combat fraud and recover misused resources, Dissanayake, who identifies as a Socialist, was elected president in September.
The coalition won 62 percent of the total votes cast at the start of counting, beating out opposition party Sajith Premadasa’s party, which won only 18 %.
” Citizens voted to get rid of problem and a dishonest system”, IT specialist Chanaka Rajapaksha, who supported the NPP in the polls, told AFP on Friday.
Diisanayake had been comfortable in the group’s succeed. This represents a crucial turning point for Sri Lanka, we believe. We expect a mandate to form a sturdy legislature, and we are assured the people will give us this mandate”, he said after casting his ballot on Thursday. ” There is a change in Sri Lanka’s democratic society that started in September, which had continue”.
Dissanayake’s NPP, founded in 2019, strived to safe two-third majority to utilize important anti-poverty changes and handle financial issues following Sri Lanka’s severe financial crisis. In 2022, a$ 2.9 billion IMF loan was prompted by this issue, which led to the resignation of former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
Dissanayake, who won the presidency in September, faced criticism from Sajith Premadasa’s United People’s Power and liberal parties. This victory for the NPP marks the second left-wing alliance president and parliament-level victory that could change Sri Lanka’s policies and redefine its relationship with China and India.
In Sri Lanka’s political system, 196 out of the entire 225 seats were contested under the government’s equal representative democratic method. Political parties are based on their voting share in each region, according to this political process. According to the proportion of votes cast in each of the 29 more positions on the national list, which are designated as national list seats, are given to independent parties and organizations.
