National List Member of Parliament

A National List Member of Parliament (National List MP) is an unelected Member of Parliament who is appointed by a political party or an independent group to the Parliament of Sri Lanka. The number of national list MPs allocated to a contending party or an independent group depends on the proportion to their share of the national vote. A total of 29 national list MPs are appointed alongside 196 elected MPs (elected from 22 multi-member electoral districts) making a total of 225 members in the parliament.


Current National List MPs

Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna

Tamil National Alliance

United National Front for Good Governance

United People's Freedom Alliance

See also


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