Results of the 2000 Sri Lankan general election by electoral district

Last updated August 19, 2024

Results of the 2000 Sri Lankan general election by electoral district.

Number of votes

Electoral District	Province	PA	UNP	JVP	NUA	SU	TULF	Ind	EPDP	NLF	ACTC	TELO	CWC	DPLF	Others	Valid Votes	Rejected Votes	Total Polled	Registered Electors	Turnout %
Ampara	NE	136,423	101,628	5,696		238		21,655							1,160	266,800	16,521	283,321	352,537	80.37%
Anuradhapura	NC	169,424	144,662	21,274	9,369	976		235		2,461					2,181	350,582	20,561	371,143	472,661	78.52%
Badulla	UV	154,172	167,351	16,414	5,052	1,777		599		2,022			12,092		1,537	361,016	28,187	389,203	475,558	81.84%
Batticaloa	NE	16,510	29,165	295	53,646	135	54,448	6,571	3,325		6,968	3,909		9,030	2,439	186,441	11,205	197,646	275,485	71.74%
Colombo	WE	394,146	440,684	78,133	27,067	49,671		1,528		3,877	5,238		4,588		9,288	1,014,220	39,424	1,053,644	1,385,547	76.05%
Galle	SO	264,601	212,055	41,620		4,535		953		2,317					2,267	528,348	22,794	551,142	678,509	81.23%
Gampaha	WE	470,018	378,328	73,110	11,013	20,297		1,082		3,502					4,359	961,709	37,390	999,099	1,253,416	79.71%
Hambantota	SO	110,308	119,074	42,042		1,079		576		1,629					1,419	276,127	13,815	289,942	360,026	80.53%
Jaffna	NE		11,431	172	1,015	267	32,852	12,824	41,671		10,648			4,857	3,332	119,069	13,664	132,733	622,331	21.33%
Kalutara	WE	255,175	217,215	38,373	11,943	15,619		1,008		2,934					2,251	544,518	25,732	570,250	697,656	81.74%
Kandy	CE	282,282	243,623	21,565	32,023	10,999		734		2,820			6,108		4,774	604,928	41,748	646,676	812,478	79.59%
Kegalle	SA	201,114	175,627	22,028	4,797	4,549		645							2,652	411,412	22,728	434,140	545,238	79.62%
Kurunegala	NW	358,794	332,623	40,780	11,927	6,691		865		3,692					5,385	760,757	35,621	796,378	1,007,410	79.05%
Matale	CE	110,213	91,836	10,673		1,458		75		2,350					1,492	218,097	15,719	233,816	292,652	79.90%
Matara	SO	203,690	146,855	38,757		3,375		622							2,465	395,764	20,131	415,895	524,651	79.27%
Monaragala	UV	91,404	75,900	13,159		327		348		1,547					1,246	183,931	13,588	197,519	237,935	83.01%
Nuwara Eliya	CE	158,018	126,486	6,299		1,161		616							8,226	300,806	35,149	335,955	405,414	82.87%
Polonnaruwa	NC	80,023	82,399	11,161	1,977	615		113		1,165					418	177,871	10,069	187,940	229,434	81.91%
Puttalam	NW	138,747	118,566	11,256	12,317	1,915		413		1,959					1,522	286,695	15,044	301,739	412,474	73.15%
Ratnapura	SA	244,142	204,017	22,222		1,703		539							9,631	482,254	26,819	509,073	609,655	83.50%
Trincomalee	NE	53,860	46,700	3,301		372	14,090	5,014	4,524		3,748	498			1,023	133,130	8,642	141,772	206,884	68.53%
Vanni	NE	7,837	11,545	444	15,837	104	4,643	10,273	1,370		721	21,705	225	6,961	1,528	83,193	6,604	89,797	213,111	42.14%
Total		3,900,901	3,477,770	518,774	197,983	127,863	106,033	67,288	50,890	32,275	27,323	26,112	23,013	20,848	70,595	8,647,668	481,155	9,128,823	12,071,062	75.63%

Percentage of votes

Electoral District	Province	PA	UNP	JVP	NUA	SU	TULF	Ind	EPDP	NLF	ACTC	TELO	CWC	DPLF	Others	Total
Ampara	NE	51.13%	38.09%	2.13%		0.09%		8.12%							0.43%	100.00%
Anuradhapura	NC	48.33%	41.26%	6.07%	2.67%	0.28%		0.07%		0.70%					0.62%	100.00%
Badulla	UV	42.71%	46.36%	4.55%	1.40%	0.49%		0.17%		0.56%			3.35%		0.43%	100.00%
Batticaloa	NE	8.86%	15.64%	0.16%	28.77%	0.07%	29.20%	3.52%	1.78%		3.74%	2.10%		4.84%	1.31%	100.00%
Colombo	WE	38.86%	43.45%	7.70%	2.67%	4.90%		0.15%		0.38%	0.52%		0.45%		0.92%	100.00%
Galle	SO	50.08%	40.14%	7.88%		0.86%		0.18%		0.44%					0.43%	100.00%
Gampaha	WE	48.87%	39.34%	7.60%	1.15%	2.11%		0.11%		0.36%					0.45%	100.00%
Hambantota	SO	39.95%	43.12%	15.23%		0.39%		0.21%		0.59%					0.51%	100.00%
Jaffna	NE		9.60%	0.14%	0.85%	0.22%	27.59%	10.77%	35.00%		8.94%			4.08%	2.80%	100.00%
Kalutara	WE	46.86%	39.89%	7.05%	2.19%	2.87%		0.19%		0.54%					0.41%	100.00%
Kandy	CE	46.66%	40.27%	3.56%	5.29%	1.82%		0.12%		0.47%			1.01%		0.79%	100.00%
Kegalle	SA	48.88%	42.69%	5.35%	1.17%	1.11%		0.16%							0.64%	100.00%
Kurunegala	NW	47.16%	43.72%	5.36%	1.57%	0.88%		0.11%		0.49%					0.71%	100.00%
Matale	CE	50.53%	42.11%	4.89%		0.67%		0.03%		1.08%					0.68%	100.00%
Matara	SO	51.47%	37.11%	9.79%		0.85%		0.16%							0.62%	100.00%
Monaragala	UV	49.69%	41.27%	7.15%		0.18%		0.19%		0.84%					0.68%	100.00%
Nuwara Eliya	CE	52.53%	42.05%	2.09%		0.39%		0.20%							2.73%	100.00%
Polonnaruwa	NC	44.99%	46.33%	6.27%	1.11%	0.35%		0.06%		0.65%					0.24%	100.00%
Puttalam	NW	48.40%	41.36%	3.93%	4.30%	0.67%		0.14%		0.68%					0.53%	100.00%
Ratnapura	SA	50.63%	42.30%	4.61%		0.35%		0.11%							2.00%	100.00%
Trincomalee	NE	40.46%	35.08%	2.48%		0.28%	10.58%	3.77%	3.40%		2.82%	0.37%			0.77%	100.00%
Vanni	NE	9.42%	13.88%	0.53%	19.04%	0.13%	5.58%	12.35%	1.65%		0.87%	26.09%	0.27%	8.37%	1.84%	100.00%
Total		45.11%	40.22%	6.00%	2.29%	1.48%	1.23%	0.78%	0.59%	0.37%	0.32%	0.30%	0.27%	0.24%	0.82%	100.00%

Seats

Electoral District	Province	PA	UNP	JVP	NUA	SU	TULF	Ind	EPDP	NLF	ACTC	TELO	CWC	DPLF	Total
Ampara	NE	4	2	0		0		1							7
Anuradhapura	NC	5	3	0	0	0		0		0					8
Badulla	UV	3	5	0	0	0		0		0			0		8
Batticaloa	NE	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0		0	5
Colombo	WE	8	10	2	0	0		0		0	0		0		20
Galle	SO	5	4	1		0		0		0					10
Gampaha	WE	10	7	1	0	0		0		0					18
Hambantota	SO	2	4	1		0		0		0					7
Jaffna	NE		1	0	0	0	3	0	4		1			0	9
Kalutara	WE	5	4	1	0	0		0		0					10
Kandy	CE	6	5	0	1	0		0		0			0		12
Kegalle	SA	5	4	0	0	0		0							9
Kurunegala	NW	8	6	1	0	0		0		0					15
Matale	CE	3	2	0		0		0		0					5
Matara	SO	5	2	1		0		0							8
Monaragala	UV	3	2	0		0		0		0					5
Nuwara Eliya	CE	4	3	0		0		0							7
Polonnaruwa	NC	2	3	0	0	0		0		0					5
Puttalam	NW	5	3	0	0	0		0		0					8
Ratnapura	SA	6	4	0		0		0							10
Trincomalee	NE	3	1	0		0	0	0	0		0	0			4
Vanni	NE	1	1		1	0	0	0	0		0	3	0	0	6
National List		13	12	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29
Total		107	89	10	4	1	5	1	4	0	1	3	0	0	225

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References

"Parliamentary General Election 2000 – All Island Result". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2012-12-19.

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