Next Sri Lankan parliamentary election

Next Sri Lankan parliamentary election

TBA
All 225 seats in the Parliament of Sri Lanka 113 seats needed for a majority
Leader Mahinda Rajapaksa Sajith Premadasa Chandrika Kumaratunga Party SLPP SJB People's Alliance Last election 59.09%, 145 seats 23.90%, 54 seats New Current seats 106 seats 59 seats Seats needed 7 54   Leader R. Sampanthan Anura Kumara Dissanayake Party TNA NPP Last election 2.82%, 10 seats 3.84%, 3 seats Current seats 10 seats 3 seats Seats needed 103 110
Incumbent Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena SLPP

Parliamentary elections are scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka before August 2025 according to the constitution. The president has the power under the constitution to hold elections two and half years after the previous elections, which took place in August 2020.

Electoral system

The Parliament has 225 members elected for a five-year term. 196 members are elected from 22 multi-seat constituencies through a proportional representation system where each party is allocated a number of seats from the quota for each constituency according to the proportion of the total vote that party obtains in the district. The other 29 are elected from a national list, with list members appointed by party secretaries and seats allocated according to the island-wide proportional vote the party obtains.

Contesting parties

Parliamentary registered parties

Main article: 2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election

Main article: 16th Parliament of Sri Lanka

Party		Election Symbol	Political position	Ideology	Leader	Result in 2020	MPs
Sri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance (SLPFA)
	Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna ශ්‍රී ලංකා පොදුජන පෙරමුණ இலங்கை பொதுஜன முன்னணி		Right-wing	Neoconservatism Sinhalese nationalism Right-wing populism	Mahinda Rajapaksa	59.09%, 145 seats	98 / 225
	United National Party එක්සත් ජාතික පක්ෂය ஐக்கிய தேசியக் கட்சி		Centre-right	Conservatism	Ranil Wickremesinghe		3 / 225
	Mahajana Eksath Peramuna මහජන එක්සත් පෙරමුණ‍ மகாஜன எக்சத் பெரமுன		Left-wing	Left-wing nationalism	Dinesh Gunawardena		2 / 225
	Eelam People's Democratic Party ඊලාම් ජනතා ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී පක්ෂය ஈழ மக்களாட்சி கட்சி		Syncretic		Douglas Devananda		2 / 225
	Ceylon Workers' Congress ලංකා කම්කරු කොංග්‍රසය இலங்கை தொழிலாளர் காங்கிரஸ்		Centre	Agrarian socialism Indian Tamil interests	Jeewan Thondaman		2 / 225
	Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal තමිළ් මක්කල් විඩුදලෛප් පුළිකල් தமிழ் மக்கள் விடுதலைப் புலிகள்		Syncretic		S. Chandrakanthan		1 / 225
Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB)
	Samagi Jana Balawegaya සමගි ජනබලවේගය ஐக்கிய மக்கள் சக்தி		Centre-right	Liberal conservatism Social democracy	Sajith Premadasa	23.90%, 54 seats	38 / 225
	Freedom People's Congress නිදහස ජනතා සභාව சுதந்திர மக்கள் காங்கிரஸ்	—	Centre	Fiscal conservatism Anti-corruption Anti-nepotism Anti-Rajapaksa politics	Dullas Alahapperuma		13 / 225
	Sri Lanka Muslim Congress ශ්‍රී ලංකා මුස්ලිම් කොංග්‍රසය சிறீலங்கா முஸ்லிம் காங்கிரசு		Centre	Muslim minority politics	Rauff Hakeem		5 / 225
	All Ceylon Makkal Congress සමස්ත ලංකා මහජන කොංග්‍රසය அகில இலங்கை மக்கள் காங்கிரஸ்		Centre	Muslim minority politics	Rishad Bathiudeen		4 / 225
	Democratic People's Front ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී ජනතා පෙරමුණ மக்களாட்சி மக்கள் முன்னணி		Centre	Indian Tamil interests	Mano Ganesan		2 / 225
	National Union of Workers ජාතික කම්කරු සංගමය தொழிலாளர் தேசிய சங்கம்		Centre	Indian Tamil interests	Palani Digambaran		2 / 225
	Up-Country People's Front කඳුරට ජනතා පෙරමුණ மலையக மக்கள் முன்னணி		Centre	Indian Tamil interests	V. Radhakrishnan		2 / 225
	Democratic National Movement ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී ජනතා ව්‍යාපරය மக்கட்தலை நாடு இயக்கம்				Aruna de Zoysa		1 / 225
	Jathika Hela Urumaya ජාතික හෙළ උරුමය ஜாதிக எல உறுமய		Right-wing	Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism	Ven.Omalpe Sobhitha Thero		1 / 225
	New Lanka Freedom Party නව ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය புதிய இலங்கை சுதந்திரக் கட்சி		Centre-left	Social democracy Sinhalese nationalism Left-wing nationalism	Kumara Welgama		1 / 225
Supreme Lanka Coalition (ULS)
	Jathika Nidahas Peramuna ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණ தேசிய சுதந்திர முன்னணி		Centre-left	Sinhalese nationalism Anti-federalism	Wimal Weerawansa	Did not exist	6 / 225
	Communist Party of Sri Lanka ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ කොමියුනිස්ට් පක්ෂය இலங்கை இனவாத கட்சி		Far-left	Communism Marxism–Leninism	D. E. W. Gunasekera		1 / 225
	Democratic Left Front ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී වාමාංශික පෙරමුණ மக்களாட்சி இடதுசாரி முன்னணி		Left-wing	Socialism	Vasudeva Nanayakkara		1 / 225
	Lanka Sama Samaja Party ලංකා සම සමාජ පක්ෂය இலங்கை சமசமாஜக் கட்சி		Far-left	Communism Trotskyism	Tissa Vitharana		1 / 225
	Pivithuru Hela Urumaya පිවිතුරු හෙළ උරුමය பிவிதுரு ஹெல உருமய		Right-wing	Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism	Udaya Gammanpila		1 / 225
	Our Power of People's Party අපේ ජන බල පක්ෂය நமது மக்கள் சக்தி கட்சி		Right-wing to far-right	Sinhalese Buddhist nationalism	Ven.Galgodaatte Gnanasara Thero		1 / 225
	Sri Lanka People's Party ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහජන පක්ෂය ஶ்ரீ லங்கா மக்கள் கட்சி				Asanka Nawaratne		1 / 225
Tamil National Alliance (TNA)
	Illankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi ශ්‍රී ලංකා දෙමළ රාජ්‍ය පක්ෂය இலங்கைத் தமிழரசுக் கட்சி		Centre-left	Tamil nationalism	S. Shritharan	2.82%, 10 seats	6 / 225
Democratic Tamil National Alliance (DTNA)
	Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization ද්‍රවිඩ ඊලම් විමුක්ති සංවිධානය தமிழீழ விடுதலை இயக்கம்		Syncretic	Tamil nationalism	Selvam Adaikalanathan		3 / 225
	Democratic People's Liberation Front ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ மக்கட்தலை மக்கள் விடுதலை முன்னணி		Centre-left	Tamil nationalism	D. Siddarthan		1 / 225
National People's Power (NPP)
	Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna ජනතා විමුක්ති පෙරමුණ மக்கள் விடுதலை முன்னணி		Far-left	Communism Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism Revolutionary socialism Anti-imperialism Progressivism	Anura Kumara Dissanayake	3.84%, 3 seats	3 / 225
Tamil National People's Front (TNPF)
	All Ceylon Tamil Congress අකිල ඉලංකෙයි තමිල් කොංග්‍රස් அகில இலங்கைத் தமிழ்க் காங்கிரஸ்		Centre-left	Tamil nationalism	Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam	0.58%, 2 seats	2 / 225
Tamil People's National Alliance (TPNA)
	Tamil People's Council දෙමළ ජනතා සභාව தமிழ் மக்கள் மகாசபை		Centre	Tamil nationalism	C. V. Wigneswaran	0.44%, 1 seat	1 / 225
Other parties
	Sri Lanka Freedom Party ශ්‍රී ලංකා නිදහස් පක්ෂය இலங்கை சுதந்திரக் கட்சி		Centre-left	Social democracy Sinhalese nationalism Left-wing nationalism	Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe	0.57%, 1 seat	13 / 225
	National Congress ජාතික කොංග්‍රසය தேசிய காங்கிரஸ்		Centre	Muslim minority politics	A. L. M. Athaullah	0.34%, 1 seat	1 / 225

Other contesting parties and alliances

Name			Symbol	Political position	Ideology	Leader	Result in 2020
	PA	People's Alliance පොදු ජන එක්සත් පෙරමුණ மக்கள் கூட்டணி		Big tent	Democratic socialism	Chandrika Kumaratunga	Did not contest

Opinion polls

Nationwide

Date	Polling firm	SLPP	SJB	NPP	UNP	ITAK	Others	Lead	Margin of error	Sample size
April 2024	Institute for Health Policy	12%	34%	34%	5%	4%	11%	Tie	±1–4%	444
March 2024	Institute for Health Policy	8%	38%	35%	5%	5%	9%	3	±1–3%	506
February 2024	Institute for Health Policy	9%	30%	44%	4%	4%	9%	14	±1–3%	575
January 2024	Institute for Health Policy	8%	30%	40%	6%	4%	12%	3	±1.0–3.6%	506
December 2023	Institute for Health Policy	10%	27%	39%	6%	3%	15%	12	±2.0–3.5%	522
October 2023	Institute for Health Policy	5%	26%	40%	11%	4%	13%	14	±1–5%	567
September 2023	Institute for Health Policy	8%	22%	42%	13%	6%	6%	20	±1–3%	599
August 2023	Institute for Health Policy	11%	24%	30%	11%	6%	17%	6	±1–6%	556
July 2023	Institute for Health Policy	9%	24%	23%	8%	4%	33%	1	±1–3%	466
June 2023	Institute for Health Policy	9%	23%	23%	9%	5%	30%	Tie	±1–3%	506
May 2023	Institute for Health Policy	10%	26%	23%	13%	4%	23%	3	±1–5%	630
April 2023	Institute for Health Policy	6%	30%	32%	9%	4%	19%	2	±1–5%	580
March 2023	Institute for Health Policy	4%	30%	41%	6%	4%	15%	11	±2–5%	521
February 2023	Institute for Health Policy	4%	30%	43%	4%	4%	15%	13	±2–5%	421
January 2023	Institute for Health Policy	8%	31%	32%	9%	5%	15%	1	±2–3%	724
July 2022	Institute for Health Policy	18%	32%	42%		–	8%	10	–	–
2020 election	N/A	59.1%	23.9%	3.8%	2.2%	2.8%	8.2%	35.2	N/A	N/A