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1009:The Old Parliament Building near the
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384:Open list proportional representation
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18:Member of the Sri Lankan Parliament
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1615:Information Systems and Management
1013:, now the Presidential Secretariat
952:Department of Legislative Services
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582:Parliament of the United Kingdom
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3355:List of legislatures by country
1156:List of legislatures by country
1072:On 4 July 1979, Prime Minister
856:in terms of the applicable law,
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2462:Federated States of Micronesia
2342:British Indian Ocean Territory
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1970:Colebrooke-Cameron Commission
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578:Legislative Council of Ceylon
571:Standing Orders of Parliament
481:, Tamil: இலங்கை நாடாளுமன்றம்
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1415:Longest-serving members ever
1128:16th Parliament of Sri Lanka
934:Department of Administration
848:Declared as an undischarged
580:in 1912, based those of the
62:National Emblem of Sri Lanka
1561:Assistant Secretary General
1035:Ministry of Foreign Affairs
958:Department of Communication
786:elected from National Lists
784:. The remaining 29 MPs are
744:memorandum of understanding
510:proportional representation
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3284:Czechoslovakia (1948–1969)
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1185:. Parliament of Sri Lanka
1090:Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
748:national unity government
725:Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna
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669:universal adult franchise
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969:Madiwela Housing Complex
673:Donoughmore Constitution
642:Prime Minister of Ceylon
563:or, in his absence, the
479:Shri Lanka Parlimenthuwa
162:Leader of the Opposition
125:Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena
3441:Unicameral legislatures
3436:Government of Sri Lanka
3431:Parliament of Sri Lanka
3015:Holy See (Vatican City)
2352:Cocos (Keeling) Islands
1947:National State Assembly
1891:Parliament of Sri Lanka
1836:Parliament of Sri Lanka
1777:National State Assembly
1438:Sri Lankan Moor members
1078:new Parliament Building
1052:Old Parliament Building
983:. Parliament also owns
925:These departments are:
808:President of Sri Lanka,
740:Sri Lanka Freedom Party
730:In 2015, following the
703:National State Assembly
699:republican constitution
665:State Council of Ceylon
105:National State Assembly
3070:British Virgin Islands
1976:Donoughmore Commission
1791:Building of Parliament
1677:Parliamentary Business
1605:Co-ordinating Engineer
1527:Parliament Secretariat
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778:22 electoral districts
732:parliamentary election
720:escaped unharmed. The
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3373:National lower houses
2905:São Tomé and Príncipe
2467:Saint Kitts and Nevis
1518:Chief Opposition Whip
1513:Chief Government Whip
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132:since 20 August 2020
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1074:Ranasinghe Premadasa
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3205:U.S. Virgin Islands
2293:limited recognition
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1982:Soulbury Commission
1907:Legislative Council
1882:and its antecedents
1814:List of Parliaments
1753:Legislative Council
1541:Secretaries-General
1534:Secretariat leaders
1503:Leader of the House
1179:"History and roles"
1033:", occupied by the
989:Srawasthi Mandiraya
965:Speaker's Residence
912:Clerk of Parliament
680:Soulbury Commission
671:as provided by the
636:in the presence of
630:Independence Square
432:Parliament Building
154:since 22 July 2022
42:இலங்கை நாடாளுமன்றம்
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684:Westminster model
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