Flower bud headquarters busy with imminent victory - Update 4

Basil Rajapaksa led the campaign of the SLPP.

 

Unconfirmed reports say the SLPP has won a 65 per cent majority at the polls, giving a government its worst ever defeat.

 

President Maithripala Sirisena has proposed the premiership to Mahinda Rajapaksa. 

 

However, Basil has rejected it, say the sources, adding he wants a general election called.