2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election information
Election
2000 Sri Lankan parliamentary election
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10 October 2000
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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
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. [1]. 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.
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