UPFA 144, UNP 60, ITAK 14, DNA 7 constitute new Sri Lankan parliament
[TamilNet, Wednesday, 21 April 2010, 07:56 GMT]
Sri Lankan Elections Secretariat gazetted the names of newly elected members
to the seventh parliament which is to meet on Thursday. According to
the final results released, the ruling United Peoples Freedom Alliance
(UPFA) has won 144 seats including 17 places in the national list. The
main opposition United National Party (UNP) bagged 60 seats including
nine national list MPs. The Ilankai Tamil Arasu Katchchi (ITAK) won 14
seats including one place in the national list. The Democratic
National Alliance (DNA) led by Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) won seven
seats including two places in the national list.
The final all island results: UPFA-4,846,388 (60 per cent)
UNP-2,357,057 (29.34 per cent)
DNA-441,251 (5.49 per cent)
ITAK-233,190 (2.90 per cent)
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