UPDATE: The General Election is complete. The UNP won 46% of the vote compared to 42% for the UPFA. They won 93 seats, the UPFA won 83, the TNA/ITAK won 14, the JVP won 4, the EPDP won 1 and the SLMC won 1. For full results go here.
The 15th Sri Lankan Parliament will look like below, once the 29 National List seats are added proportionally.
Here are some places and ways to follow the election results.
For the latest results, we also recommend Ada Derana’s page. For other options check the list of links below.
To see what people are saying, we’ve embedded a Twitter stream that’s interesting to follow right here.
Twitter
Online Sources
Websites
Ada Derana | Derana had the best designed elections website last time. |
Daily Mirror | The Daily Mirror is the English paper of record and does authoritative online coverage. |
Newsfirst | Sirisa Newsfirst seems to get the results fast. |
Elections.gov | The official site, but can go down |
r/srilanka is keeping a running tally |
Apps (Android)
Grey Lions | These young fellows did an app for the Presidential that worked pretty well. |
Mogo | This new election app is from Mogo Solutions, a skilled outfit. |
Nandimithra | This new app publishes the results, and they have a web page here. |
TV/Radio (Streaming)
Newsfirst |
Derana |
Swarnavahini |
Hiru TV |
TuneIn (Radio Stations) |