Sri Lanka: Rajapaksa Landslide Victory Spurs Majoritarian Shift – Analysis

By Neil DeVotta*

While the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (Sri Lanka Freedom Front or SLPP) led by Mahinda Rajapaksa was expected to win the country’s 16th parliamentary election on 5 August, few envisaged that the party would approach a supermajority. Yet by capturing 145 seats in the 225-member parliament, the SLPP and its...