Sri Lanka's Elections Secretariat has announced that the governing United People's Freedom Party has won the 2010 General Elections securing 144 seats in the seventh parliament.
The ruling party won a total of 127 seats at the general election and with the 17 National List slots secured 144 seats in the 225-member legislature but fell six seats short of the 150 required for the two-third majority.
The main opposition United National Party led by Ranil Wickremasinghe will have 60 seats while the major Tamil party, Tamil National Alliance (TNA) will be represented by 14 parliamentarians.
