2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/2020_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:alliedWith gptkb:Sri_Lanka_People's_Freedom_Alliance
gptkbp:commissioner gptkb:Mahinda_Deshapriya
gptkbp:country gptkb:Sri_Lanka
gptkbp:date 5 August 2020
gptkbp:finalDate 5 August 2020
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election
gptkbp:leaderOfMainOpposition gptkb:Sajith_Premadasa
gptkbp:leaderOfMainWinner gptkb:Mahinda_Rajapaksa
gptkbp:mainAllianceSeats 145
gptkbp:mainAllianceVoteShare 59.09%
gptkbp:majoritySeats 113
gptkbp:nextEdition 2025 Sri Lankan parliamentary election
gptkbp:notableFeature held during COVID-19 pandemic
first general election after 19th Amendment to the Constitution
gptkbp:numberOfPollingDivisions 160
gptkbp:numberOfStations 12,985
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:Samagi_Jana_Balawegaya
gptkbp:originalScheduledDate 25 April 2020
gptkbp:parliament gptkb:16th_Parliament_of_Sri_Lanka
gptkbp:postponedDueTo gptkb:COVID-19_pandemic
gptkbp:president gptkb:Gotabaya_Rajapaksa
gptkbp:previousEdition gptkb:2015_Sri_Lankan_parliamentary_election
gptkbp:primeMinister gptkb:Mahinda_Rajapaksa
gptkbp:rescheduledDate 20 June 2020
gptkbp:seatingCapacity 225
gptkbp:secondPartySeats 54
gptkbp:secondPartyVoteShare 23.90%
gptkbp:stateElectorate 16,263,885
gptkbp:thirdPartySeats 10
gptkbp:thirdPartyVoteShare 2.82%
gptkbp:thirdPlace gptkb:Tamil_National_Alliance
gptkbp:type parliamentary
gptkbp:voterTurnout 75.89%
gptkbp:votingSystem proportional representation
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Sri_Lanka_Podujana_Peramuna
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Samagi_Jana_Balawegaya
gptkb:National_People's_Power_(Sri_Lanka)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6