April 9, 2010 7:53 PM

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Lankan Prez led UPFA returns to power, wins by impressive margin

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa's United People's Freedom Alliance ( UPFA) today returned to power impressively, bagging 117 of 225 seats in the Parliamentary elections. <br/><br/>Former Premier Ranil Wickremesinghe's main opposition UNP-led United National Front got 46 seats.<br/><br/>The detained former army chief Sarath Fonseka's DNA failed to touch even a double digit mark. <br/><br/>Officials said with results for 45 seats are yet to be declared, pro-LTTE Tamil National Alliance got 12 while Fonseka's JVP-dominated Democratic National Alliance (DNA) received just five seats so far.<br/><br/>In Sri Lanka, the general elections directly decide 196 seats while the remaining 29 members are chosen based on the percentage of votes secured by each party.

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