The No-Confidence Motion against Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been defeated emphatically.
While 76 members voted in support of the motion, 122 voted against it. 26 members , including Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera, abstained.
Therefore, the no-confidence motion against the Prime Minister was defeated by 46 votes.
While a group of SLFP MPs voted in support of the No-Confidence Motion, another group abstained from voting.
The UNP, all its affiliated parties and the Tamil National Alliance voted against the No-Confidence Motion.