This is a complete list of all Sri Lankan parliaments since 1931, including their beginnings, endings, and dates of sessions.
List of parliaments
# Parliament Began Session Sessionopened Sessionadjourned Ended DurationGoverning partyState Council of Ceylon (1931–1947) 1 1stState Council 6 July 1931 7 December 1935 None 2 2ndState Council 16 March 1936 4 July 1947 NoneParliament of Ceylon (1947–1972) 3 1stParliament 14 October 1947 1 25 November 1947 31 January 1948 8 April 1952 United National Party 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 2ndParliament 9 June 1952 1 10 June 1952 29 April 1953 18 February 1956 United National Party 2 7 July 1953 31 March 1954 3 12 April 1954 27 April 1955 4 7 June 1955 18 February 1956 5 3rdParliament 19 April 1956 1 20 April 1956 3 May 1957 5 December 1959 SLFP ledMahajana Eksath Peramuna 2 13 June 1957 15 May 1958 3 4 June 1958 23 May 1959 4 30 June 1959 5 December 1959 6 4thParliament 30 March 1960 1 6 April 1960 23 April 1960 23 April 1960 24 days United National Party 7 5thParliament 5 August 1960 1 12 August 1960 4 July 1961 17 December 1964 Sri Lanka Freedom Party 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 6thParliament 5 April 1965 1 9 April 1965 22 June 1966 25 March 1970 United National Party 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 7thParliament 7 June 1970 1 14 June 1970 23 March 1971 22 May 1972 Sri Lanka Freedom Party 2 28 March 1971 22 May 1972National State Assembly (1972–1978) 10 1stNational State Assembly 22 May 1972 1 22 May 1972 10 February 1977 10 February 1977 Sri Lanka Freedom Party 11 2ndNational State Assembly 4 August 1977 1 4 August 1977 7 September 1978 7 September 1978 United National PartyParliament of Sri Lanka (1978–present) 12 8thParliament 7 September 1978 1 7 September 1978 26 March 1982 20 December 1988 United National Party 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 9thParliament 9 March 1989 1 9 March 1989 23 March 1990 24 June 1994 UNP led coalition 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 10thParliament 25 August 1994 1 25 August 1994 15 December 1994 18 August 2000 SLFP ledPeople's Alliance 2 6 January 1995 12 January 1996 3 9 February 1996 18 August 2000 15 11thParliament 18 October 2000 1 18 October 2000 27 October 2000 10 October 2001 SLFP ledPeople's Alliance 2 9 November 2000 10 July 2001 3 6 September 2001 10 October 2001 16 12thParliament 19 December 2001 1 19 December 2001 3 November 2003 7 February 2004 UNP ledUnited National Front 2 19 November 2003 7 February 2004 17 13thParliament 22 April 2004 1 22 April 2004 21 November 2005 9 February 2010 SLFP ledUnited People's Freedom Alliance 2 25 November 2005 6 May 2008 3 5 June 2008 17 May 2009 4 19 May 2009 9 February 2010 18 14thParliament 22 April 2010 1 22 April 2010 26 June 2015 26 June 2015 SLFP ledUnited People's Freedom Alliance1915thParliament1 September 2015 1 1 September 2015 12 April 2018 2 March 2020 UNP ledUnited National Front for Good Governance 2 8 May 2018 27 October 2018 3 14 November 2018 2 December 2019 4 3 January 2020 2 March 2020 20 16thParliament 20 August 2020 1 20 August 2020 12 December 2021 24 September 2024 SLPP ledSri Lanka People's Freedom Alliance 2 18 January 2022 28 July 20223 3 August 2022 27 January 2023 4 8 February 2023 26 January 2024 5 7 February 2024 24 September 2024 21 17th Parliament 21 November 2024 1 21 November 2024 TBA Incumbent JVP led National People's Power
See also Parliament of Sri Lanka Cabinet of Sri Lanka
References
External links Durations of Parliament Sessions of Parliament