2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election

2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election

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All 225 seats in the Parliament of Sri Lanka 113 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout	75.63%
First party Second party Third party   JVP Leader Chandrika Kumaratunga Ranil Wickremesinghe Somawansa Amarasinghe Party PA UNP JVP Leader since 1994 1994 1990 Leader's seat n/a Colombo District n/a Last election 48.94%, 105 seats 44.04%, 94 seats 1.13%, 1 seat Seats won 107 89 10 Seat change 2 5 9 Popular vote 3,900,901 3,477,770 518,774 Percentage 45.11% 40.22% 6.00% Swing 3.83% 3.82% 4.87%
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. Both the UNP and SLMC accused the PA of election fraud and intimidation.

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

Results

The People's Alliance remained in office but had difficulty forming a majority in parliament. The resulting deadlock resulted in snap elections being held the next year.

Party		Votes	%	Seats
				District	National	Total
	People's Alliance [a]	3,900,901	45.11	94	13	107
	United National Party [b]	3,477,770	40.22	77	12	89
	Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna	518,774	6.00	8	2	10
	National Unity Alliance [c]	197,983	2.29	3	1	4
	Sinhala Heritage	127,863	1.48	0	1	1
	Tamil United Liberation Front	106,033	1.23	5	0	5
	Eelam People's Democratic Party	50,890	0.59	4	0	4
	New Left Front	32,275	0.37	0	0	0
	All Ceylon Tamil Congress	27,323	0.32	1	0	1
	Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization	26,112	0.30	3	0	3
	Ceylon Workers' Congress	23,013	0.27	0	0	0
	Democratic People's Liberation Front	20,848	0.24	0	0	0
	Puravesi Peramuna	20,006	0.23	0	0	0
	Left and Democratic Alliance	9,731	0.11	0	0	0
	Motherland People's Party	7,293	0.08	0	0	0
	National Union of Workers	5,737	0.07	0	0	0
	The Liberal Party	5,188	0.06	0	0	0
	Democratic United National Front	4,405	0.05	0	0	0
	United Lalith Front	4,048	0.05	0	0	0
	Eksath Sinhala Maha Sabha	3,927	0.05	0	0	0
	Muslim United Liberation Front	2,575	0.03	0	0	0
	National People's Party	1,542	0.02	0	0	0
	Sri Lanka Muslim Katchi	1,287	0.01	0	0	0
	Bahujana Nidahas Peramuna	1,242	0.01	0	0	0
	Sri Lanka Progressive Front	1,136	0.01	0	0	0
	People's Liberation Solidarity Front	812	0.01	0	0	0
	Jathinka Sangwardhena Peramuna	769	0.01	0	0	0
	Ruhuna Janatha Party	658	0.01	0	0	0
	Socialist Equality Party	389	0.00	0	0	0
	Independents	67,138	0.78	1	0	1
Total		8,647,668	100.00	196	29	225
Valid votes		8,647,668	94.73
Invalid/blank votes		481,155	5.27
Total votes		9,128,823	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		12,071,062	75.63
Source: Election Commission

By province

Main article: Results of the 2000 Sri Lankan general election by province

By electoral district

Main article: Results of the 2000 Sri Lankan general election by electoral district

Elected members

Main article: 11th Sri Lankan Parliament

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

• "Parliamentary General Election 2000 – All Island Result Composition of Parliament". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 26 August 2010.
• "Parliamentary General Election 2000 – All Island Result". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 19 December 2012.
• "Parliamentary General Election 10.10.2000 – Final District Results". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012.
• "General Election 2000 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 August 2010.
• "2000 General Election Results". LankaNewspapers.com.
• "Table 41 Parliament Election (Electoral District) (2000)". Sri Lanka Statistics. 10 February 2009. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
• "Sri Lanka Parliamentary Chamber: Parliament Elections Held in 2000". Inter-Parliamentary Union.
• "2000 - Parliamentary General Election". Manthree.com.
• "REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS OF 12 OCTOBER 2000". Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive.
• "REPUBLIC OF SRI LANKA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS OF 12 OCTOBER 2000". Psephos - Adam Carr's Election Archive.