Inaugural session of the 14th Parliament began this morning.
Former Minister of Ports and Aviation, Chamal Rajapaksa was unanimously elected as the Speaker at the inaugural session.
The 225 newly elected Members of Parliament were sworn in before the Speaker.
The 13th Parliament was dissolved by President Mahinda Rajapaksa on February 9, 2010 and General Elections were held on April 8.

Today s session is limited to the swearing in by the new MPs, election of Speaker, Deputy Speaker and Deputy Chairman of Committees.

UPFA obtained 127 District basis seats along with 17 National basis seats a total of 144 seats in parliament which is only 6 seats short of its target of a two thirds majority. It has
obtained a total of 4,846,386 votes island wide.

The UNP obtained a total of 60 seats which comprise 51 on District basis and 9 on National basis. ITAK and Democratic National Alliance have a total of 14 and 7 seats respectively.