Sri Lanka's President Rajapaksa's party looks set for election victory, Guardian (2010)
According to the latest statements from election officials, President Rajapaksa's United People's Freedom Alliance won 117 out of the 225 contested seats in the first legislative elections since the end of the war against the Tamil Tigers. While the main opposition party secured 46 seats, the major group representing Tamils won 12. General Fonseka's party secured only 5 seats, as this main contender of President Rajapaksa from the recent presidential elections, still remains jailed.
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