List of Parliaments of Sri Lanka

This is a complete list of the Sri Lankan Parliaments, including their beginnings, endings, and the dates of their sessions since 1931.

List of Parliaments

#	Parliament	Began	Session	Session opened	Session adjourned	Ended	Duration[1]
1	1st State Council	6 July, 1931				7 December 1935	4 years 5 months 1 day
2	2nd State Council	16 March, 1936				4 July 1947	11 years 3 months 18 days
3	1st Parliament	14 October, 1947	1	25 November, 1947	31 January, 1948	8 April, 1952	4 years 5 months 25 days
			2	10 February, 1948	17 June, 1949
			3	12 July, 1949	6 April, 1950
			4	20 June, 1950	24 April, 1951
			5	20 June, 1951	8 April, 1952
4	2nd Parliament	9 June, 1952	1	10 June, 1952	29 April, 1953	18 February, 1956	3 years 8 months 10 days
			2	7 July, 1953	31 March, 1954
			3	12 April, 1954	27 April, 1955
			4	7 June, 1955	18 February, 1956
5	3rd Parliament	19 April, 1956	1	20 April, 1956	3 May, 1957	5 December, 1959	3 years 7 months 17 days
			2	13 June, 1957	15 May, 1958
			3	4 June, 1958	23 May, 1959
			4	30 June, 1959	5 December, 1959
6	4th Parliament	30 March, 1960	1	6 April, 1960	23 April, 1960	23 April, 1960	24 days
7	5th Parliament	5 August, 1960	1	12 August, 1960	4 July, 1961	17 December, 1964	4 years 4 months 13 days
			2	13 July, 1961	20 June, 1962
			3	11 July, 1962	6 May, 1963
			4	17 July, 1963	12 March, 1964
			5	2 July, 1964	12 November, 1964
			6	20 November, 1964	17 December, 1964
8	6th Parliament	5 April, 1965	1	9 April, 1965	22 June, 1966	25 March, 1970	4 years 11 months 20 days
			2	8 July, 1966	20 June, 1967
			3	8 July, 1967	22 June, 1968
			4	7 July, 1968	25 June, 1969
			5	10 July, 1969	25 March, 1970
9	7th Parliament	7 June, 1970	1	14 June, 1970	23 March, 1971	22 May, 1972	1 year 11 months 15 days
			2	28 March, 1971	22 May, 1972
10	1st National State Assembly	22 May 1972	1	22 May 1972	10 February 1977	10 February 1977	4 years 11 months 26 days
11	2nd National State Assembly	4 August, 1977	1	4 August, 1977	7 September, 1978	7 September, 1978	1 year 1 month 3 days
12	8th Parliament	7 September, 1978	1	7 September, 1978	26 March, 1982	20 December, 1988	10 years 3 months 13 days
			2	29 April, 1982	7 January, 1983
			3	9 February, 1983	19 January, 1984
			4	23 February, 1984	25 January, 1985
			5	20 February, 1985	31 January, 1986
			6	20 February, 1986	27 January, 1987
			7	19 February, 1987	22 January, 1988
			8	25 February, 1988	20 December, 1988
13	9th Parliament	9 March, 1989	1	9 March, 1989	23 March, 1990	24 June, 1994	5 years 3 months 15 days
			2	4 April, 1990	21 March, 1991
			3	19 April, 1991	30 August, 1991
			4	24 September, 1991	23 March, 1993
			5	22 April, 1993	24 June, 1994
14	10th Parliament	25 August, 1994	1	25 August, 1994	15 December, 1994	18 August, 2000	5 years 11 months 23 days
			2	6 January, 1995	12 January, 1996
			3	9 February, 1996	18 August, 2000
15	11th Parliament	18 October, 2000	1	18 October, 2000	27 October, 2000	10 October, 2001	11 months 22 days
			2	9 November, 2000	10 July, 2001
			3	6 September, 2001	10 October, 2001
16	12th Parliament	19 December, 2001	1	19 December, 2001	3 November, 2003	7 February, 2004	2 years 1 month 18 days
			2	19 November, 2003	7 February, 2004
17	13th Parliament	22 April 2004	1	22 April 2004	21 November 2005	9 February 2010	5 years 9 months 17 days
			2	25 November, 2005	6 May, 2008
			3	5 June, 2008	17 May, 2009
			4	19 May, 2009	9 February, 2010
18	14th Parliament	22 April, 2010	1	22 April, 2010	26 June, 2015	26 June, 2015	5 Years 2 Months 3 Days
19	15th Parliament	1 September, 2015	1	1 September, 2015	12 April, 2018	TBD	5 years, 148 days
			2	8 May, 2018	TBD

Future Parliaments

16th Parliament of Sri Lanka: 2020–2025

See also

• Parliament of Sri Lanka
• Cabinet of Sri Lanka

References

1. "Duration of Parliament". Parliament.lk. Retrieved 3 August 2013.

External links

• Sessions of Parliament