Following the dissolution of parliament by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in September 2024, Sri Lanka held its parliamentary elections on November 14, 2024. Nominations for candidates closed on October 11, with the Election Commission imposing strict rules to prevent public gatherings or marches after the nominations to ensure security. Special arrangements were also made by the police to maintain order throughout the electoral process. The left-leaning alliance of Dissanayake ultimately secured a landslide victory in the parliamentary elections, with his National People’s Power (NPP) coalition scoring a two-thirds majority in parliament, with 159 seats. President Dissanayake’s coalition received nearly 62% of the vote, winning even in the Tamil-dominated Jaffna Peninsula for the first time since independence from Britain in 1948.
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