Parliament Dissolved

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake dissolved Parliament, effective from midnight yesterday, calling elections on November 14.

Nominations will be accepted from October 04 to 12 noon on October 11 and the new Parliament will convene on November 21.

The Gazette Notification announcing the President’s decision to dissolve Parliament was issued by the Government Printer yesterday night. The President dissolved the Parliament by virtue of the powers vested in him by Article 70 of the Constitution and in pursuance of the provisions of Section 10 of the Parliamentary Elections Act, No. 1 of 1981.

The membership of the current Parliament of Sri Lanka, was determined by the results of the 2020 Parliamentary Election held on August 5, 2020.

According to the Constitution of Sri Lanka the maximum legislative term of the Parliament is 5 years from the first meeting.

However, by May 2022, the country faced an unprecedented economic crisis, leading to political and social unrest. These culminated in events leading to then Prime Ministr Mahinda Rajapaksa’s resignation on May 9, 2022,  following widespread protests.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed Ranil Wickremesinghe as Prime Minister on 12 May 2022.

Following the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in July 2022, Wickremesinghe became acting president and was subsequently elected as the President of Sri Lanka by Parliament on 20 July 2022. The National People’s Power (NPP) Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake  won Sri Lanka’s Presidential Election held on September 21 and he took oaths as the President on Monday (23).

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