14th Parliament of Sri Lanka

The incumbent United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) secured a landslide victory in the elections, buoyed by its achievement of ending the 26-year Sri Lankan Civil War by defeating the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in May 2009.

The UPFA won a large majority in parliament, obtaining 144 seats, an increase of 39 since the 13th parliamentary election.

The United National Front (UNF), the main opposition party, won 60 seats, a decline of 22.

The minority Tamil party Tamil National Alliance (TNA) won 14 seats, a decline of 8, and the Democratic National Alliance (DNA), contesting for the first time, won 7 seats.

[6] Chandima Weerakkody was elected Deputy Speaker on 23 November 2010 after his predecessor Piyankara Jayaratne was made a minister.

[9] President Rajapaksa has retained control of the important ministries of Defence, Finance and Planning, Highways, and Ports and Aviation.

[12] However, a subsequent SLFP disciplinary cleared him of all charges and on 8 September 2010 he was reappointed to his ministerial post.

[31] Maithripala Sirisena defeated Mahinda Rajapaksa in the 2015 presidential election, after which he appointed a UNP-dominated national government (NG).