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Colombo, Apr 9 (PTI) Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's party gained early leads today against a divided opposition, winning 15 of the 20 parliamentary seats for which results were declared.
Rajapaksa's United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) won 15 seats while former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe's United National Party (UNP) managed to win five seats, election officials said.
On the other hand, detained former army chief Sarath Fonseka led Democratic National Alliance (DNA) was yet to register a victory in the results declared so far.
The Unicameral Sri Lankan Parliament has 225 seats out of which 196 is contested directly and the rest 29 are nominated based on the percentage of votes polled by various National political parties and groups.
Rajapaksa's party is involved in a three-cornered contest with the main opposition UNF alliance and the JVP and Fonseka's DNA, and was favoured in the opinion polls.
Colombo, Apr 9 (PTI) Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's party gained early leads today against a divided opposition, winning 15 of the 20 parliamentary seats for which results were declared.
Rajapaksa's United People's Freedom Alliance (UPFA) won 15 seats while former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe's United National Party (UNP) managed to win five seats, election officials said.
On the other hand, detained former army chief Sarath Fonseka led Democratic National Alliance (DNA) was yet to register a victory in the results declared so far.
The Unicameral Sri Lankan Parliament has 225 seats out of which 196 is contested directly and the rest 29 are nominated based on the percentage of votes polled by various National political parties and groups.
Rajapaksa's party is involved in a three-cornered contest with the main opposition UNF alliance and the JVP and Fonseka's DNA, and was favoured in the opinion polls.
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