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National List slot: UNP still undecided

12 Aug 2020

The final decision of the United National Party (UNP) National List member is to be taken either today (12) or on Friday (14), UNP General Secretary Akila Viraj Kariyawasam said yesterday (11). He told The Morning that a decision had not been made as yet and he was hopeful of taking a decision within the next few days. Earlier, it was speculated that UNP Legal Secretary Nissanka Nanayakkara will be appointed to Parliament through the solitary National List allocation. The UNP that was voted into power for over four decades, failed to acquire any seats at this year's polls. However, the party received one National List seat. Final results showed that the UNP received 249,435 votes – only 2.15% of the total vote tally.


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