Analysts said the UNP, expected to garner little over 100 seats, would be able cobble together a simple, working majority with other parties including the SLFP-section controlled by President Maithripala Sirisena and stake its claim to form a government. Former President and candidate Mahinda Rajapaksa earlier today admitted defeat for the UPFA in an interview with a foreign news agency.
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