National list member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka

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A national list member of parliament (national list MP) is a nominated member of parliament who is appointed by a political party or an independent group to the Parliament of Sri Lanka. 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

Prime Minister and generally consisted of distinguished individuals.[2] The senators were known as "Elected Senators" and "Appointed Senators" respectively.[2] The Senate was abolished in 1971. During the 2022 Sri Lankan political crisis, national list MP Ranil Wickremesinghe was appointed Prime Minister by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa 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

  • Selvarasa Gajenthiran

Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi

  • Thavaraja Kalai Arasan

Jathika Jana Balawegaya

Our Power of People's Party

Samagi Jana Balawegaya

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna

Tamil National Alliance

United National Party

See also

References

  1. ISBN 9781349015443
    .
  2. ^ a b Rajasingham, K. T. "Chapter 11: On the threshold of freedom". Sri Lanka: The Untold Story. Archived from the original on 2001-11-08.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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