Sri Lankan parliamentary election, 2000

11th Sri Lankan parliamentary election
10 October 2000
All 225 seats to the Parliament of Sri Lanka
113 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout 75.63%

  First party Second party
 
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 105 Seats, 48.94% 94 Seats, 44.04%
Seats won 107 89
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 5
Popular vote 3,900,901 3,477,770
Percentage 45.11% 40.22%
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

The elections were called by President Chandrika Kumaratunga for October 10, 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 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.

Summary

 Summary of the 2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election[1][2]
Alliances and partiesVotes%Seats
DistrictNationalTotal
 People's Alliance 3,900,90145.11%9413107
 United National Party 3,477,77040.22%771289
 Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna518,7746.00%8210
 Tamil United Liberation Front106,0331.23%505
 National Unity Alliance 197,9832.29%314
 Eelam People's Democratic Party50,8900.59%404
 Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization26,1120.30%303
 Sinhala Heritage127,8631.48%011
 Independents67,2880.78%101
 All Ceylon Tamil Congress27,3230.32%101
 New Left Front32,2750.37%000
 Ceylon Workers' Congress[lower-alpha 2]23,0130.27%000
 Democratic People's Liberation Front 20,8480.24%000
Others70,5950.82%000
Valid Votes8,647,668100.00%19629225
Rejected Votes481,155
Total Polled9,128,823
Registered Electors12,071,062
Turnout75.63%

Province

Results of the 2000 Sri Lankan general election by province

Electoral District

Results of the 2000 Sri Lankan general election by electoral district

Elected members

Notes

  1. ↑ SLMC contested with the PA in two districts (Ampara and Trincomalee) and with the NUA in all other districts.
  2. ↑ CWC contested with the PA in three districts (Kurunegala, Nuwara Eliya and Ratnapura) and separately in all other districts.

References

  1. ↑ "Parliamentary General Election 2000 - All Island Result". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
  2. ↑ "Parliamentary General Election 2000 - Composition of Parliament". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka.
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  • "Parliamentary General Election 2000 – All Island Result". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2012-12-19.
  • "Parliamentary General Election 10.10.2000 – Final District Results". Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original on 2012-08-05.
  • "General Election 2000 Preferences" (PDF). Department of Elections, Sri Lanka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-08-26.
  • "2000 General Election Results". LankaNewspapers.com.
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