Politics and Parliamentary Research: Recent submissions
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37 New State Ministers! - Appointed on 8 September 2022
(Manthri.lk, 2022-09-09)Thirty seven state ministers from the ruling coalition of Sri Lanka were sworn in on the 8 September 2022 before the President Ranil Wickremesinghe. Manthri.lk identified the MPs according to their overall rank in the ... -
Is age just a number: MPs over the age of 60 – What should determine an MPs retirement?
(Manthri.lk, 2022-09-07)During the interim budget 2022 reading President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that a mandatory retirement age of 60 will be imposed for state sector employees. These infographics show the details of MPs above 60 years ... -
Budget 2022: Second reading vote
(Manthri.lk, 2022-09-04)These infographics show how MPs voted on the second reading of the 2022 interim budget in September. 120 votes received in favour and 5 votes received against. 56 were absent while 43 were abstained. It also shows how the ... -
State of emergency: Voting breakdown – 27 July 2022
(Manthri.lk, 2022-08-02)These set of infographics show how the MPs vote for the vote on state of emergency imposed by the newly appointed President Ranil Wickremesinghe. 120 votes received in favour and 63 votes received against. 42 were absent ... -
The Candidates for the Seat of the President of Sri Lanka
(Manthri.lk, 2022-07-19)These infographics show the profiles of four presidential candidates (i.e. Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sajith Premadasa, Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Dullas Alahapperuma) including their age, current designation, preferential ... -
Presidential Powers: As per the 21st amendment proposed by SJB
(Manthri.lk, 2022-06-23)These infographics show the current powers of the President and the proposed changes to those powers under 21st amendment by Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB). -
Parliamentary Vs. Constitutional Council: As per the 21st amendment proposed by SJB
(Manthri.lk, 2022-06-23)These infographics show the powers of the parliamentary council under the 20th amendment and the constitutional council under the proposed 21st amendment by Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB). -
Private member’s bill: How does it work?
(Manthri.lk, 2022-06-05)These infographics explain who a private member is and procedures to be followed for a private member bill. -
Where does the time go?
(Manthri.lk, 2022-05-23)The parliament of Sri Lanka sat four times between 17 May 2022 and 20 May 2022. This set of infographics show how parliament’s time was spent based on the videos of the parliamentary sittings held on 17th, 18th, 19th and ... -
Parliamentary report card: Shantha Bandara – September 2015 to February 2020 and August 2020 to February 2022
(Manthri.lk, 2022-05-02)This report card shows the contribution of MP Shantha Bandara (SLPP) in 8th and 9th parliaments. It is based on analysis of Hansard data from September 2015 to February 2020 and August 2020 to February 2022. This includes ... -
Parliamentary report card: Suren Raghavan – August 2020 to February 2022
(Manthri.lk, 2022-05-02)This report card shows the contribution of MP Suren Raghavan (SLPP) in the 9th parliament. It is based on analysis of Hansard data from August 2020 to February 2022. This includes attendance in parliament sittings (120/142), ... -
Parliamentary report card: Naseer Ahamed – August 2020 to February 2022
(Manthri.lk, 2022-05-02)This report card shows the contribution of MP Naseer Ahamed (SLMC) in the 9th parliament. It is based on analysis of Hansard data from August 2020 to February 2022. This includes attendance in parliament sittings (100/142), ... -
Government’s strength in parliament – Changes and breakdowns
(Manthri.lk, 2022-04-22)This set of infographics show how the government power changed after 43 MPs announced that they would act independently in the parliament, breakdown of the government MPs as well as independent MPs. As of 20 April 2022, ... -
How young is the newly appointed Cabinet?
(Manthri.lk, 2022-04-19)These infographics show the age groups of the newly appointed cabinet ministers in the 9th parliament. There are 7 ministers in the age group of 30-50 years and 6 ministers in age group of 50-60 years. There are 6 ministers ... -
How MPs voted on the 19th and 20th amendments
(Manthri.lk, 2022-04-12)The 19th amendment to the constitution dilutes the executive powers of the President while 20th amendment enhances the same. 19th amendment was passed with 214 votes in favour during the 7th parliament and 20th amendment ... -
Government’s strength in parliament
(Manthri.lk, 2022-04-07)This infographic shows how the government power changed after 43 MPs announced that they would act independently in the parliament. As of 5 April 2022, its strength is as follows: government 116, Independent 43 and opposition ... -
SLPP: Breakdown – 9th Parliament
(Manthri.lk, 2022-04-05)This Infographic shows the composition of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) in parliament as of 19 July 2020. It includes 114 MPs of the SLPP directly, 31 MPs of the coalition members of SLPP and 6 MPs of independent ... -
Party makeup of the 9th parliament
(Manthri.lk, 2022-04-05)This infographic shows the Party makeup of the 9th parliament as of 20 August 2020. SLPP won 145 seats and SJB won 54 seats. ITAK and JJB won 10 and 3 seats respectively. Both EPDP and AITC won 2 seats each while all the ... -
Performance rankings of cabinet ministers: 9th parliament
(Manthri.lk, 2022-03-15)This infographic shows performance rankings of cabinet ministers in the 9th parliament. It is based on analysis of Hansard data from August 2020 to January 2022. -
Female legislators in the 9th parliament
(Manthri.lk, 2022-03-08)This infographic shows the percentage of gender representation (M = 94.7%; F = 5.3%) in the 9th parliament and also the percentage of productive contributions by gender (M = 95.9%; F = 4.0%). It also highlights the top ...