The 15th Parliament of Sri Lanka was the meeting of the

Parliament of Sri Lanka The Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාර්ලිමේන්තුව ''Shri Lanka Parlimenthuwa'', Tamil: இலங்கை நாடாளுமன்றம் ''Ila� ...

with its membership determined by the results of the 2015 parliamentary election, held on 17 August 2015. The parliament met for the first time on 1 September 2015 and was dissolved on 3 March 2020. According to the

Constitution of Sri Lanka The Constitution of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාව, Śrī Laṃkā āndukrama vyavasthāva, ta, இலங்கை அரசிய� ...

, the maximum

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of the parliament is 5 years from the first meeting.

Election

The 15th parliamentary election was held on 17 August 2015. The incumbent

United National Party The United National Party, often abbreviated as UNP ( si, එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය, translit=Eksath Jāthika Pakshaya, ta, ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி, translit=Aikkiya Tēciyak Kaṭci), ...

(UNP) led

United National Front for Good Governance The United National Front (UNF) () later the United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) ( si, එක්සත් යහපාලන ජාතික පෙරමුණ ''Eksath Yahapalana Jathika Peramuna''; ta, நல்லாட்ச� ...

(UNFGG) won 106 seats, an increase of 46 since the 2010 election, but failed to secure a majority in Parliament. The main opposition

United People's Freedom Alliance The United People's Freedom Alliance (abbreviated UPFA; si, එක්සත් ජනතා නිදහස් සන්ධානය ''Eksath Janathā Nidahas Sandānaya''; ta, ஐக்கிய மக்கள் சுதந்திரக� ...

(UPFA) won 95 seats, a decline of 49. The

Tamil National Alliance The Tamil National Alliance ( ta, தமிழ்த் தேசியக் கூட்டமைப்பு ISO 15919: ''tamiḻt tēciyakkūṭṭamaippu''; TNA) is a political alliance in Sri Lanka that represents the country's Sri Lankan ...

(TNA), the largest party representing

Sri Lankan Tamils Sri Lankan Tamils ( or ), also known as Ceylon Tamils or Eelam Tamils, are Tamils native to the South Asian island state of Sri Lanka. Today, they constitute a majority in the Northern Province, live in significant numbers in the Eastern Pro ...

, won 16 seats, an increase of two from 2010. The remaining eight seats were won by

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP; ) is a Marxist–Leninist communist party and a former militant organization in Sri Lanka. The movement was involved in two armed uprisings against the government of Sri Lanka: once in 1971 (SLFP), and anot ...

(6),

Sri Lanka Muslim Congress The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress ( ta, சிறீலங்கா முஸ்லீம் காங்கிரஸ், translit=Srīlaṅkā Muslīm Kāṅkiras; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා මුස්ලිම් කොංග්‍රස� ...

(1) and

Eelam People's Democratic Party The Eelam People's Democratic Party (EPDP) is a political party and a pro-government paramilitary organization in Sri Lanka. It is led by its founder Douglas Devananda. Background Douglas Devananda was one of the founding members of the Eelam Re ...

(1).

Results

The new parliament was sworn in on 1 September 2015.

Karu Jayasuriya Deshabandu Karu Jayasuriya, MP ( si, කරු ජයසුරිය, ta, கரு ஜயசூரிய; born 29 September 1940) is a Sri Lankan politician. He was the Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. Previously he was Mayor of Colom ...

was elected

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Thilanga Sumathipala Uduwatuwage Janath Priya Thilanga Sumathipala MP (born 3 May 1964) (known as Thilanga Sumathipala) is a Sri Lankan politician who was the former deputy speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka since 2015 and former President of Sri Lanka Cricket ...

as the

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and

Selvam Adaikalanathan Amirthanathan Adaikalanathan ( ta, அமிர்தநாதன் அடைக்கலநாதன், translit=Amirtanātaṉ Aṭaikkalanātaṉ; born 10 June 1962), commonly known as Selvam Adaikalanathan, is a Sri Lankan Tamil militant tu ...

as the Deputy Chairman of Committees.

Lakshman Kiriella Lakshman Bandara Kiriella, MP (born 2 February 1948) is a Sri Lankan politician and lawyer. He is a Member of Parliament from the Kandy District, former Leader of the House of the parliament. Also he held office as Minister of Public Enterprise ...

was appointed Leader of the House and

Gayantha Karunathilaka Lokugamage Gayantha Ganadesha Karunatileka, MP (born 21 August 1962) is a Sri Lankan politician. He formerly served as a Cabinet Minister of Lands and Parliament affairs, Chief Government Whip and Member of Parliament. A member of the United Nat ...

was appointed Chief Government Whip. The Speaker recognised TNA leader

R. Sampanthan Rajavarothiam Sampanthan ( ta, இராஜவரோதயம் சம்பந்தன்; si, රාජවරෝදියම් සම්බන්දන්; born 5 February 1933) is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician and lawyer who has led the Ta ...

Leader of the Opposition The Leader of the Opposition is a title traditionally held by the leader of the largest political party not in government, typical in countries utilizing the parliamentary system form of government. The leader of the opposition is typically se ...

on 3 September 2015. JVP leader

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was nominated to be Chief Opposition Whip. The Parliament became a

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on 9 March 2016 in order to formulate a new constitution for Sri Lanka. Thilanga Sumathipala resigned as Deputy Speaker on 25 May 2018. His replacement

Ananda Kumarasiri Jayasundara Mudiyanselage Ananda Kumarasiri (born 25 March 1954) is a member of the United National Party and served as Deputy speaker and chairman of committees of the Parliament of Sri Lanka between 2018 to 2020. He is the son of late J M Kumarad ...

was elected on 5 June 2018. Following the withdrawal of the UPFA from the national government,

Mahinda Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa ( si, මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ, ta, மஹிந்த ராஜபக்ஷ; born Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa; 18 November 1945) is a Sri Lankan politician. He served as the President of Sri Lanka from 2005 to ...

and

Mahinda Amaraweera Mahinda Amaraweera ( Sinhala:මහින්ද අමරවීර,Tamil: மஹிந்த அமரவீர; born 12 February 1962) is a Sri Lankan politician. He is currently the cabinet Minister of Agriculture, Wildlife, and Forest Resour ...

were recognised as Leader of the Opposition and Chief Opposition Whip on 18 December 2018.

Government

On 20 August 2015 the central committee of the

Sri Lanka Freedom Party The Sri Lanka Freedom Party ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය, translit=Śrī Laṁkā Nidahas Pakṣaya; ta, இலங்கை சுதந்திரக் கட்சி, translit=Ilaṅkai Cutantirak Ka� ...

(SLFP), the main constituent of the UPFA, agreed to form a national government with the UNP for two years.

Ranil Wickremesinghe Ranil Wickremesinghe ( si, රනිල් වික්‍රමසිංහ, ta, ரணில் விக்கிரமசிங்க; born 24 March 1949) is a Sri Lankan politician who is the current president of Sri Lanka since 21 July 2 ...

, leader of the UNP, was sworn in as

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

on 21 August 2015. Immediately afterwards a memorandum of understanding to work together in Parliament was signed by acting SLFP general secretary

Duminda Dissanayake Duminda Dissanayake (born 28 March 1979), Member of Parliament, MP, is the current Sri Lankan Cabinet Minister of the Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources Management, Ministry of Irrigation, former Minister of Agriculture, deputy minister ...

and UNP general secretary

Kabir Hashim Mohamed Hashim Mohamed Kabir ( Sinhala: කබීර් හෂීම්, Tamil: கபீர் ஹாசிம்; born 19 May 1959) popularly known as ''Kabir Hashim'' is a Sri Lankan politician and economist. He is a member of the Parliament ...

. On 3 September Parliament voted by 143 votes (101 UNFGG, 40 UPFA, 1 EPDP, 1 SLMC) to 16 votes (11 UPFA, 5 JVP), with 63 absent (43 UPFA, 16 TNA, 3 UNFGG, 1 JVP), to approve the formation of a national government. Three UNFGG cabinet ministers were sworn in on 24 August 2015. A further 39 cabinet ministers, 28 from the UNFGG and 11 from the UPFA, were sworn in on 4 September 2015. Three more cabinet ministers, one from the UNFGG and two from the UPFA, were sworn in on 9 September 2015. 19 state ministers (11 UNFGG, 8 UPFA) and 21 deputy ministers (11 UNFGG, 10 UPFA) were also sworn in on 9 September 2015. Two more deputy ministers, both from the UPFA, were sworn in on 10 September 2015. A further cabinet minister from the UPFA was sworn in on 23 October 2015. A further cabinet minister from the UNFGG was sworn in on 25 February 2016. A UPFA state minister and two deputy ministers (one UNFGG, one UPFA) were sworn in on 6 April 2016.

Constitutional crisis

The UPFA withdrew from the national government on 26 October 2018.

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Maithripala Sirisena Maithripala Yapa Sirisena ( si, පල්ලෙවත්‍ත ගමරාළලාගේ මෛත්‍රීපාල යාපා සිරිසේන; ta, பல்லேவத்த கமராளலாகே மைத்திரி� ...

, leader of the UPFA, dismissed Prime Minister Wickremesinghe and replaced him with former President

. The following day Sirisena

prorogued A legislative session is the period of time in which a legislature, in both parliamentary and presidential systems, is convened for purpose of lawmaking, usually being one of two or more smaller divisions of the entire time between two elections ...

Parliament. A

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ensued as the UNP refused to accept changes, describing them as unconstitutional, illegal and a coup. Over the next few days Sirisena appointed a new cabinet consisting of MPs from the UPFA, EPDP and defections from the UNP. Despite the defections the UPFA could not muster the support of a majority of MPs and with the TNA, which held the balance of power in Parliament, announcing that it would support a

motion of no confidence A motion of no confidence, also variously called a vote of no confidence, no-confidence motion, motion of confidence, or vote of confidence, is a statement or vote about whether a person in a position of responsibility like in government or mana ...

against Prime Minister Rajapaksa, Sirisena dissolved parliament on 9 November 2018 and called fresh elections for 5 January 2019. The UNP, TNA, JVP and several others challenged the dissolution in the

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which on 13 November 2018 issued a

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on the dissolution until 7 December 2018. Parliament re-convened on 14 November 2018 when 122 (100 UNFGG, 14 TNA, 6 JVP, 2 UPFA) out of 225 MPs supported the motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Rajapaksa. Sirisena and the UPFA refused to accept the motion of no confidence, saying that Speaker Karu Jayasuriya had not followed parliamentary procedures. On 16 November 2018 parliament passed an amended motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Rajapaksa with the support of 122 MPs. Sirisena rejected the second the motion of no confidence as well, saying that he would not re-appoint Wickremesinghe as prime minister. On 3 December 2018, following a

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petition filed by 122 MPs, the

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issued an

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restraining Rajapaksa and 48 ministers from functioning. On 12 December 2018 117 MPs, including 14 from the TNA, supported a motion of confidence in Wickremesinghe. A seven-bench Supreme Court unanimously ruled on 13 December 2018 that Sirisena's dissolution of parliament on 9 November 2018 was unconstitutional and null,

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and without force or effect in law. The following day a three-bench Supreme Court refused to

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the Court of Appeal's interim order but allowed for a full appeal to be heard in mid January 2019. Rajapaksa resigned as Prime Minister on 15 December 2018. Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Prime Minister the following day, ending the crisis.

Legislation

;2015 ;2016 ;2017

Composition

The following are the changes in party and alliance affiliations for the 15th parliament. Light shading indicates majority (113 seats or more); dark shading indicates two-thirds majority (150 seats or more); no shading indicates minority government. The 15th parliament saw a number of defections and counter-defections: * 3 September 2015 - 41 UPFA and 1 SLMC MPs support the formation of a national government. * 9 September 2015 - Three UPFA MPs (

Indika Bandaranaike Indika Bandaranayake (born September 7, 1972) is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka The Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාර්ලිම ...

, Sumedha G. Jayasena and Lakshman Wasantha Perera) who had abstained from supporting the national government, are appointed deputy ministers. * 10 September 2015 - Two UPFA MPs ( Anuradha Jayaratne, Dushmantha Mithrapala) who had abstained from supporting the national government, are appointed deputy ministers. * 23 October 2015 - UPFA MP

Sarath Amunugama Sarath Amunugama, JP is a leading Sri Lankan academic, who is a professor of French and the founding Vice-Chancellor of the University of the Visual & Performing Arts, Colombo. He is a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kelaniya. Amun ...

is appointed to the cabinet. * 6 April 2016 - UPFA MP

Lakshman Senewiratne Lakshman Pinto Jayatilaka Senewiratne (born 9 March 1957) (known as ''Lakshman Senewiratne'') is a Sri Lankan politician, former State Minister of Science, Technology and Research and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka representing the Badull ...

is appointed a state minister. * 30 June 2016 -

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Sarath Fonseka Field Marshal Gardihewa Sarath Chandralal Fonseka ( si, ගාර්දිහේවා සරත් චන්ද්‍රලාල් ෆොන්සේකා, ta, சரத் பொன்சேகா; born 18 December 1950), commonly know ...

joins the UNP. * 17 January 2017 - UNFGG MP

Athuraliye Rathana Thero Venerable Athuraliye Rathana Thero ( si, අතුරලියේ රතන හිමි: born 5 October 1962), is a Sri Lankan Bhikkhu politician and a member of parliament. He is the only representative from Our Power of People's Party in the ...

announces that he will function as an independent MP. * 19 September 2017 - UPFA MP Arundika Fernando crosses over to the opposition. * 30 October 2017 - UPFA MP Duleep Wijesekera crosses over to the opposition. * 10 December 2017 - MEP MP

Sriyani Wijewickrama Sriyani Wijewickrama is a Sri Lankan politician and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. She is an Attorney-at-Law by profession and an alumnus of University of Colombo In 2017 she left the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna to join Sri Lanka Freedom Par ...

joins the SLFP. * 11 December 2017 - NFF MP

Weerakumara Dissanayake Weerakumara Dissanayake ( si, වීරකුමාර දිසානායක) (born 10 April 1971) is a Sri Lankan politician and former member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He is a member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and member of the Un ...

joins the SLFP. * 28 December 2017 - UPFA MP Nimal Lanza joins the opposition. * 15 February 2018 - The

Ceylon Workers' Congress The Ceylon Workers' Congress (CWC) ( ta, இலங்கை தொழிலாளர் காங்கிரஸ், translit=Ilaṅkai Toḻilāḷar Kāṅkiras; si, ලංකා කම්කරු කොංග්‍රසය ''Lanka Kamkaru ...

pledges support for the president. * 8 May 2018 - 16 SLFP MPs, who had voted in favour of the unsuccessful

against Prime Minister Wickremesinghe on 4 April 2018, cross over to the opposition. * 26 October 2018 - UPFA withdraws from the national government. * 26 October 2018 - Two UNFGG MPs (

Wasantha Senanayake Vasantha Senanayake (born 28 June 1973) is a Sri Lankan politician who was a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He belongs to the United National Party. He is a great grandson of D. S. Senanayake (Sri Lanka's "Father of the Nation") and co ...

and

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) pledge support for new UPFA government. * 28 October 2018 - UNFGG MP

Vadivel Suresh Vadivel Suresh (or Wadivelu Suresh) is a Sri Lankan politician, and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka References

Living people Sri Lankan Hindus Members of the 13th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the 15th Parliament of Sri L ...

pledges support for UPFA government. * 29 October 2018 - New UPFA government including UNFGG MP

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and EPDP MP

Douglas Devananda Kathiravelu Nythiananda Devananda, commonly known as Douglas Devananda ( ta, டக்ளஸ் தேவானந்தா), is a Sri Lankan Tamil politician, Cabinet Minister and leader of the Eelam People's Democratic Party. Originally a Sri ...

is sworn in. * 30 October 2018 - UNFGG MP Dunesh Gankanda joins the UPFA government. * 2 November 2018 - UNFGG MP S. B. Nawinne and TNA MP S. Viyalendiran join the UPFA government. * 4 November 2018 - UNFGG MP

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joins the UPFA government. Independent MP

pledges support for the UPFA government. * 6 November 2018 - UPFA MP

Manusha Nanayakkara Manusha Nanayakkara (born 24 September 1977) is a Sri Lankan politician, Cabinet Minister, and a current Member of Parliament for the Galle District. He is a journalist by profession and was educated at Mahinda College, Galle Galle ( si, ග� ...

resigns from the UPFA government and joins the UNP. * 10 November 2018 - Two SLFP MPs (

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and

Lohan Ratwatte Lohan Evindra Ratwatte (born 22 June 1968) is a Sri Lankan politician. He is the State Minister of gem and jewelry and a Member of Parliament from the Kandy District. He is the eldest son of General Anuruddha Ratwatte, former cabinet minister ...

) join the

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna The Sri Lanka People's Front ( si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණ, translit=Śrī Laṃkā Podujana Peramuna; ta, இலங்கை பொதுஜன முன்னணி, translit=Ilaṅkai Potujaṉa Mu� ...

(SLPP). * 11 November 2018 - 34 SLFP MPs and one UNP MP (

) join the SLPP. * 14 November 2018 - Two UPFA MPs ( A. H. M. Fowzie and

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) cross over to the opposition.

and

Vadivel Suresh Vadivel Suresh (or Wadivelu Suresh) is a Sri Lankan politician, and a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka References

Living people Sri Lankan Hindus Members of the 13th Parliament of Sri Lanka Members of the 15th Parliament of Sri L ...

resign from the UPFA government and rejoin the UNFGG. * 18 December 2018 - Three UPFA MPs (

Indika Bandaranayake Indika Bandaranayake (born September 7, 1972) is a Sri Lankan politician, a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka The Parliament of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා පාර්ලිම� ...

and

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) cross over to the government.

Members

Deaths, resignations and disqualifications

The 15th parliament saw the following deaths, resignations and disqualifications: * 3 September 2015 - Sarath Chandrasiri Mayadunne (JVP-NAT) resigned. His replacement Bimal Rathnayake (JVP-NAT) was sworn in on 22 September 2015. * 15 September 2015 -

Chamara Sampath Dassanayake Chamara Sampath Dasanayaka (born 31 August 1971) is a Sri Lankan politician and the former Chief Minister of Uva, Chief Minister of Uva Province in Sri Lanka. Dassanayake was first elected to Uva Provincial Council at the 1994 Sri Lankan provinc ...

(UPFA-BAD) resigned to become Chief Minister of Uva Province. His replacement

(UPFA-BAD) was sworn in on 22 September 2015. * 19 January 2016 - M. K. A. D. S. Gunawardana (UNFGG-NAT) died. His replacement

(UNFGG-NAT) was sworn in on 9 February 2016. * 19 January 2016 - M.A.Salman Javid (UNFGG-NAT) resigned. His replacement M. S. Thowfeek (UNFGG-NAT) was sworn in on 26 January 2016. * 2 November 2017 -

rules that

Geetha Kumarasinghe Kumara Vidugalage Dona Geetha Samanmalee Kumarasinghe (born 5 July 1955: si, ගීතා කුමාරසිංහ), popularly known as Geetha Kumarasinghe, is a Sri Lankan film actress and Member of a Parliament. She is the current State M ...

(UPFA-GAL) is disqualified from being an MP as she holds dual citizenship. Her replacement

was sworn in on 10 November 2107. * 18 January 2018 - M. H. M. Salman (UNFGG-NAT) resigned. His replacement A. L. M. Nazeer (UNFGG-NAT) was sworn in on 6 February 2018. * 23 May 2018 - M. H. M. Navavi (UNFGG-NAT) resigned. His replacement S. M. Mohamed Ismail (UNFGG-NAT) was sworn in on 8 June 2018.

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