President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s party must increase its votes significantly if it is to acquire a minimum of 113 seats to take control of the 225-member Parliament
People queue at a polling station before casting their ballots to vote in Sri Lanka's parliamentary election in Colombo on Nov. 14.Sri Lankans are voting in a parliamentary election Thursday that is key for the country’s new, Marxist-leaning president to consolidate his party’s power and follow through on promises of economic recovery.
His National People’s Power party must increase its votes significantly – from the 42% it won in the presidential election – if it is to acquire a minimum of 113 seats to take control of the 225-member Parliament. The remaining 29 seats – called the national list seats – are allocated to parties and independent groups according to the proportion of the total votes they receive countrywide.Sajith Premadasa, who came in second in the presidential election and his Samagi Jana Balawegaya, or United People’s Power party, is NPP’s main competition.
Dissanayake had said during the presidential campaign that he planned to propose significant changes to the targets set in the IMF deal, which his predecessor Ranil Wickremesinghe signed, saying it placed too much burden on the people. However, he has since changed his stance and says Sri Lanka will go along with the agreement.
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