{"id":149236,"date":"2015-08-18T10:33:33","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T05:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=149236"},"modified":"2015-08-18T12:42:11","modified_gmt":"2015-08-18T07:12:11","slug":"rajapaksa-concedes-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/rajapaksa-concedes-defeat\/","title":{"rendered":"Rajapaksa Concedes Defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Mahinda+Rajapaksa&amp;x=14&amp;y=2\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Mahinda Rajapaksa<\/span><\/a> who led the United People\u2019s Freedom Alliance campaign\u00a0has conceded\u00a0defeat\u00a0although the final results of the parliamentary polls are yet to be announced.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Mahinda-.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-147925 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Mahinda-.jpg\" alt=\"Mahinda\" width=\"146\" height=\"155\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Mahinda-.jpg 639w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Mahinda--283x300.jpg 283w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 146px) 100vw, 146px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 146px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 146\/155;\" \/><\/a>According to unconfirmed reports the United National Party (UNP) is set to obtain 108 \u2013 110 seats and the UPFA 90 \u2013 93 seats in the 225 member legislature.<\/p>\n<p>Rajapaksa had told foreign media that his party has lost in the parliamentary elections. However Rajapaksa had said that he would work as an opposition member of parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Although the final result is yet to come according to election secretariat sources the UPFA has won eight districts out of the 22 and the UNP has won 11 districts. The remaining three districts have been won by the Tamil national Alliance (TNA).<\/p>\n<p>Some final district results released so far;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Elections-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-149237 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Elections-1.jpg\" alt=\"Elections\" width=\"588\" height=\"805\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Elections-1.jpg 588w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Elections-1-219x300.jpg 219w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 588px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 588\/805;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":143007,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,6980,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-149236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-sri-lanka-parliamentary-elections-2015","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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