2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election

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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
Turnout75.63%
 First partySecond partyThird party
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JVP
Leader Chandrika Kumaratunga Ranil Wickremesinghe Somawansa Amarasinghe
Party PA UNP JVP
Leader since199419941990
Leader's seatn/a Colombo District n/a
Last election48.94%, 105 seats44.04%, 94 seats1.13%, 1 seat
Seats won1078910
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 5Increase2.svg 9
Popular vote3,900,9013,477,770518,774
Percentage45.11%40.22%6.00%
SwingDecrease2.svg 3.83%Decrease2.svg 3.82%Increase2.svg 4.87%
Sri Lankan Parliamentary Election 2000.png
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.

Contents

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.

PartyVotes%Seats
DistrictNationalTotal
People's Alliance [a] 3,900,90145.119413107
United National Party [b] 3,477,77040.22771289
Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna 518,7746.008210
National Unity Alliance [c] 197,9832.29314
Sinhala Heritage127,8631.48011
Tamil United Liberation Front 106,0331.23505
Eelam People's Democratic Party 50,8900.59404
New Left Front 32,2750.37000
All Ceylon Tamil Congress 27,3230.32101
Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization 26,1120.30303
Ceylon Workers' Congress 23,0130.27000
Democratic People's Liberation Front 20,8480.24000
Puravesi Peramuna20,0060.23000
Left and Democratic Alliance9,7310.11000
Motherland People's Party 7,2930.08000
National Union of Workers 5,7370.07000
The Liberal Party5,1880.06000
Democratic United National Front 4,4050.05000
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 Peramuna 1,2420.01000
Sri Lanka Progressive Front 1,1360.01000
People's Liberation Solidarity Front8120.01000
Jathinka Sangwardhena Peramuna7690.01000
Ruhuna Janatha Party6580.01000
Socialist Equality Party 3890.00000
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

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