- The National People’s Power (NPP) has already secured a two-thirds majority in Parliament after winning a total of 123 seats in the House in the 2024 General Election. NPP 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.
- National People’s Power (NPP) Gampaha District Team Leader Vijitha Herath has received the highest number of preference votes in the history of Sri Lanka’s parliamentary polls with an unprecedented 716,715 votes polled at the 2024 General Election.
- Several prominent Ministers and Members of Parliament of the former government have already lost their seat, as the results of the 2024 General Election are being released. The former MPs who have already been ousted from the 10th Parliament are as follows;Kanchana Wijesekera – Matara, Nipuna Ranawaka – Matara, Mahinda Amaraweera – Hambantota, Manusha Nanayakkara – Galle, Ramesh Pathirana – Galle. Shasheendra Rajapaksa – Monaragala, Asanka Navarathna – Kurunegala, Anura Priyadharshana Yapa – Kurunegala, Johnston Fernando – Kurunegala, Shantha Bandara – Kurunegala, D. B. Herath- Kurunegala, Pramitha Tennakoon – Matale
- Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) National Organizer Namal Rajapaksa while conceding the defeat at the Parliamentary Election yesterday congratulated President Anura Kumara Dissanayake on the 2024 Parliamentary Election which was held on Thursday. Rajapaksa in a post on X said that the NPP’s victory at the parliamentary election marks a new path and a fresh approach chosen by the people.
- Executive Director of the Institute for Democratic Reforms and Electoral Studies (IRES) Manjula Gajanayake said that the result achieved in Thursday’s Parliamentary Election represents the electoral mandate of the March 2022 youth uprising known as the ‘Aragalaya’.
- United National Party (UNP) Chairman Vajira Abeywardena stated yesterday that, for the first time, the people in the North have shown unprecedented trust in a party from the South, which he views as a positive development. “This is a very special occasion in the election history of the country. The people in the north have placed trust in a political party in the South even though different political parties with various forces are operating in the North and East, he said.
- The new government has decided to conduct audits on all State institutions following its establishment. These audits aim to thoroughly investigate alleged fraud and corruption that may have occurred during previous administrations.
- The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) while acknowledging the decision made by the people yesterday said that the party is ready to give its fullest co-operation to the government in the interest of the people and the country. SJB Chairman and former Minister Imtiaz Bakeer Markar said the people have given an unprecedented mandate to the National People’s Power to fulfill the commitment made to them during the election campaign.
- Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) General Secretary and National People’s Power (NPP) founding member Tilvin Silva yesterday said, with a huge mandate, the people of Sri Lanka have entrusted his party with a great responsibility and assured that the NPP will live up to people’s expectations.
- Sri Lanka has made a strong impression at the ongoing 6th Carrom World Cup in the United States, securing two bronze medals in the Men’s and Women’s Doubles events. In the Men’s Doubles, Sri Lanka’s Shaheed Hilmy, the team captain, and Anas Ahamed clinched the bronze after a close contest. Both players are former Royal College Colombo students, with Hilmy also representing the Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club.
