A national list member of parliament (national list MP) is a nominated

member of parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

who is appointed by a political party or an independent group to 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� ...

. The number of national list MPs allocated to a contesting party or an independent group depends on the proportion to their share of the national vote. A total of 29 national list MPs are appointed alongside 196 elected MPs (elected from 22 multi-member electoral districts) making a total of 225 members in the parliament.

History

Following the establishment of the

Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

and the House of Representatives in Ceylon under the Soulbury Commission, the House of Representatives had six members appointed by the

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, on the advice of the

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 ...

to represent important interests which were not represented or inadequately represented in the House, they were usually from the European and Burgher communities and on occasions from the Indian Tamils and Muslim (

Moors The term Moor, derived from the ancient Mauri, is an exonym first used by Christian Europeans to designate the Muslim inhabitants of the Maghreb, the Iberian Peninsula, Sicily and Malta during the Middle Ages. Moors are not a distinct or ...

Malays Malays may refer to: * Malay race, a racial category encompassing peoples of Southeast Asia and sometimes the Pacific Islands ** Overseas Malays, people of Malay race ancestry living outside Malay archipelago home areas ** Cape Malays, a communit ...

) groups. On a few occasions caste groups from within the

Sinhalese Sinhala may refer to: * Something of or related to the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka * Sinhalese people * Sinhala language, one of the three official languages used in Sri Lanka * Sinhala script, a writing system for the Sinhala language ** Sinha ...

and Tamils also obtained representation in Parliament as appointed members. In the Senate, 15 members were elected by the lower chamber, the House of Representatives and the other 15 members were appointed by the Governor-General on advice of the

and generally consisted of distinguished individuals. The senators were known as "''Elected Senators''" and "''Appointed Senators''" respectively. The Senate was abolished in 1971. During the

2022 Sri Lankan political crisis The 2022 Sri Lankan political crisis was a political crisis in Sri Lanka due to the power struggle between President of Sri Lanka, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the people of Sri Lanka. It was fueled by the 2022 Sri Lankan protests, anti-gov ...

, national list MP Ranil Wickremesinghe was appointed Prime Minister by President

Gotabaya Rajapaksa Lieutenant Colonel Nandasena Gotabaya Rajapaksa ( si, නන්දසේන ගෝඨාභය රාජපක්ෂ; ta, நந்தசேன கோட்டாபய ராஜபக்ஷ; born 20 June 1949) is a former Sri Lankan militar ...

and weeks later succeeded Rajapaksa as President of Sri Lanka, after Rajapaksa fled the country and resigned.

Current national list MPs

All Ceylon Tamil Congress All Ceylon Tamil Congress ( ta, அகில இலங்கைத் தமிழ்க் காங்கிரஸ்), is the oldest Tamil political party in Sri Lanka. History The ACTC was founded in 1944 by G.G. Ponnambalam. Ponnambalam ask ...

* Selvarasa Gajenthiran Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi * Thavaraja Kalai Arasan Jathika Jana Balawegaya * Harini Amarasuriya Our Power of People's Party *

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 ...

Samagi Jana Balawegaya *

Harin Fernando Harin Fernando, Member of Parliament, MP (born 28 October 1978) is a Sri Lankan politician. He is the current Cabinet Ministry of Tourism and Lands, Minister of Tourism and Lands He is also a current member of the Sri Lanka Parliament from Natio ...

* Tissa Attanayake * Ranjith Madduma Bandara * Mayantha Dissanayake * Eran Wickramaratne *

Imthiaz Bakeer Markar Imthiaz Bakeer Markar ( si, ඉම්තියාස් බාකීර් මාකාර් (born 8 August 1953) is a Sri Lankan lawyer and politician. He is a Member of Parliament from the National List of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya, he was a ...

* Diana Gamage

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� ...

* G. L. Peiris *

Sagara Kariyawasam Sagara Kariyawasam(born 13 November 1967) is a Sri Lankan lawyer, politician, and Member of Parliament (Sri Lanka), Member of Parliament (MP). Kariyawasam was born on 13 November 1967. He is the son of Albert Kariyawasum, who was a renowned polit ...

* Ali Sabry * Jayantha Weerasinghe *

Manjula Dissanayake Wijekoon Mudiyanselage Manjula Wijekoon Dissanayake (born 27 January 1967) is a Sri Lankan politician, former provincial councillor and Member of Parliament. Dissanayake was born on 27 January 1967. She is the widow of former government minister ...

Ranjith Bandara Rajapakshe Wasala Tennakoon Mudiyanselage Ranjith Bandara (born 4 November 1961) is a Sri Lankan economist, academic, politician and Member of Parliament. Bandara was born on 4 November 1961. He was educated at Sirimalwatte Rajakiya Vidyalaya. H ...

Charitha Herath Herath Mudiyanselage Charitha Herath (born 9 September 1967) is current member of Parliament from National List, Chairman of the Committee on Public Enterprises (COPE). and the Professor of Philosophy at the University of Peradeniya. His appoin ...

* Gevindu Kumaratunga *

A. J. M. Muzammil Ahamed Jamaldeen Mohamed Muzammil ( si, ඒ. ජේ. එම්. මුසම්මිල්, ta, ஏ. ஜே. எம். முஸம்மில்) is a Sri Lankan politician, the Mayor of Colombo between 2011 and 2016, he also served as Sri ...

* Tissa Vitharana *

Yadamini Gunawardena Yadamini Narodhama Rupasinghe Gunawardena is a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament. Gunawardena is the son of Dinesh Gunawardena and grandson of Philip Gunawardena, both government ministers. He is also the grandson of MP Kusumasiri G ...

Suren Raghavan Suren Raghavan ( ta, சுரேன் ராகவன், translit=Curēṉ Rākavaṉ; si, සුරේන් රාගවන්, translit=Surēn Rāgavan) is a Sri Lankan academic and former Governor of the Northern Province. He is of bieth ...

Tiran Alles Tiran Alles, MP is a Sri Lankan businessman and politician. He is a current member of Parliament of Sri Lanka and the Minister of Public Security. Alles had entered politics as an ally of former General Sarath Fonseka and a member of parliame ...

Seetha Arambepola Seetha Arambepola ( ) is a Sri Lankan politician, surgeon, and Member of the Parliament from National List. She was the State Minister of Skills Development, Vocational Education, Research and Innovation. Currently she is the State Minister of He ...

* Jayantha Ketagoda *

Marjan Faleel . Mohamed Faleel Marjan Asmi (born 10 June 1962) is a Sri Lankan politician and Member of Parliament. Marjan Faleel was born on 10 June 1962. He is the son of M S M Faleel Hajiar, former western provincial council member and former Chairman of ...

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 ...

* Shanthi Sriskantharajah * K. Thurairetnasingam

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), ...

Vajira Abeywardena Vajira Abeywardana (born 2 September 1960) is a Sri Lankan United National Party politician and a member of parliament for Galle District. He is the current cabinet Minister of Home Affairs. Abeywardana also previously served as Minister of Pub ...

References

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History

Current national list MPs

See also

References