1994 Sri Lankan parliamentary election information
1994 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
76.24%
First party
Second party
Leader
Chandrika Kumaratunga
D. B. Wijetunga
Party
People's Alliance
UNP
Leader since
1994
1993
Leader's seat
Gampaha District
n/a
Last election
31.8%, 67 seats[a]
50.7%, 125 seats
Seats won
105
94
Seat change
38
31
Popular vote
3,887,823
3,498,370
Percentage
48.94%
44.04%
Winners of polling divisions. PA in blue and UNP in green.
Prime Minister before election
Ranil Wickremasinghe
UNP
Prime Minister-designate
Chandrika Kumaratunga
People's Alliance
Parliamentary elections were held in Sri Lanka on 16 August 1994. They marked the decisive end of seventeen years of United National Party rule and a revival of Sri Lankan democracy.
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