2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election

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2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election

← 1994 10 October 2000 2001 →

All 225 seats in the Parliament of Sri Lanka
113 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout75.63%
  First party Second party
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Leader Chandrika Kumaratunga Ranil Wickremesinghe
Party People's Alliance United National Party
Leader since 1994 1994
Leader's seat n/a Colombo District
Last election 48.94%, 105 seats 44.04%, 94 seats
Seats won 107 89
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 5
Popular vote 3,900,901 3,477,770
Percentage 45.11% 40.22%

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Winners of polling divisions. PA in blue and UNP in green.

Prime Minister before election

Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
People's Alliance

Prime Minister-designate

Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
People's Alliance

Parliamentary elections were held in Sri Lanka on 10 October 2000.

The People's Alliance (PA) government Kumaratunga had led for six years was facing increasing criticism on two fronts: a series of military defeats at the hands of the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in the country's civil war, and the faltering performance of the economy.

The elections were marred by violence. Seventy people were killed during the campaign, including six on election day itself. [1]. Both the UNP and SLMC parties accused the PA of election fraud and intimidation.

As was the case for most elections since 1983, few ballots were cast in LTTE-held parts of the country.

Results[]

The PA remained in office but lost its majority. The resulting deadlock led to the 2001 election.

PartyVotes%Seats
DistrictNationalTotal
People's Alliance[a]3,900,90145.119413107
United National Party[b]3,477,77040.22771289
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna518,7746.008210
National Unity Alliance[c]197,9832.29314
Sinhala Heritage127,8631.48011
Tamil United Liberation Front106,0331.23505
Eelam People's Democratic Party50,8900.59404
New Left Front32,2750.37000
All Ceylon Tamil Congress27,3230.32101
Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization26,1120.30303
Ceylon Workers' Congress23,0130.27000
Democratic People's Liberation Front20,8480.24000
Puravesi Peramuna20,0060.23000
Left and Democratic Alliance9,7310.11000
Motherland People's Party7,2930.08000
National Union of Workers5,7370.07000
The Liberal Party5,1880.06000
Democratic United National Front4,4050.05000
United Lalith Front4,0480.05000
Eksath Sinhala Maha Sabha3,9270.05000
Muslim United Liberation Front2,5750.03000
National People's Party1,5420.02000
Sri Lanka Muslim Katchi1,2870.01000
Bahujana Nidahas Peramuna1,2420.01000
Sri Lanka Progressive Front1,1360.01000
People's Liberation Solidarity Front8120.01000
Jathinka Sangwardhena Peramuna7690.01000
Ruhuna Janatha Party6580.01000
Socialist Equality Party3890.00000
Independents67,1380.78101
Total8,647,668100.0019629225
Valid votes8,647,66894.73
Invalid/blank votes481,1555.27
Total votes9,128,823100.00
Registered voters/turnout12,071,06275.63
Source: Election Commission

By province[]

By electoral district[]

Elected members[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Consisting of the Ceylon Workers' Congress (in Kurunegala, Nuwara Eliya and Ratnapura only), the Communist Party of Sri Lanka, the Desha Vimukthi Janatha Party, the Lanka Sama Samaja Party, Mahajana Eksath Peramuna, the Sri Lanka Freedom Party, Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya and the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (in Ampara and Trincomalee only).
  2. ^ Including the Democratic Workers' Congress, the National Workers' Congress and the Up-Country People's Front.
  3. ^ Including the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress in all districts except Ampara and Trincomalee.

References[]

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