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sri lanka**

H.E. Mahinda Deshapriya,
Chairman, Election Commission

PArt i PArt ii

CoUNtrY ProfiLE LEgisLAtivE sYstEM

1. Official Name LEGISLATURE
Social Republic of Sri Lanka
1. Structure of National Legislature
2. Government Unicameral
Republic
2. Names of the Houses in vernacular and English
3. Head of State Designation Parliament
President Mahinda Maithripala SIRISENA
3. Total no. of members in each house elected/
4. Head of government Designation nominated
President Mahinda Maithripala SIRISENA 225 members are elected by open list proportional
representation in the Parliament
5. Capital
Colombo 4. Popular House
Parliament
6. Currency
Sri Lanka Rupee (LKR) 5. Type of Electoral System
Open List Proportional Representation
7. Ethnic Groups (with %age population)
Sinhalese (74%),Tamils (18%), Moor7%, Burgher, PArt iii
Malay, and Vedda 1%
ELECtorAL sYstEM
8. Date of Independence
4 February 1948 (from UK) (A) ELECTION MANAGEMENT BODy

9. Date of adoption of Democratic Constitution 1. Name of the EMB(S)
31 August 1978 Election Commission

10. Language (s) 2. Website Address
Sinhala and Tamil (Official) www.elections.gov.lk

11. Literacy Levels 3. Nature of EMB
Male: 92.98 % Female: 90.97 % Independent
Total: 91.9% (2017)
4. No. of Members in EMB
(Source-http://uis.unesco.org/country/LK) 3

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