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 2 5 Popular vote 3,900,901 3,477,770 Percentage 45.11% 40.22%
250px 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 24, 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.

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

Alliances and parties		Votes	%	Seats
				District	National	Total
	People's Alliance Ceylon Workers' Congress1 Communist Party of Sri Lanka Desha Vimukthi Janatha Party Lanka Sama Samaja Party Mahajana Eksath Peramuna Sri Lanka Freedom Party Sri Lanka Mahajana Pakshaya Sri Lanka Muslim Congress2	3,900,901	45.11%	94	13	107
	United National Party Democratic Workers' Congress National Workers' Congress United National Party Up-Country People's Front	3,477,770	40.22%	77	12	89
	Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna	518,774	6.00%	8	2	10
	Tamil United Liberation Front	106,033	1.23%	5	0	5
	National Unity Alliance Sri Lanka Muslim Congress	197,983	2.29%	3	1	4
	Eelam People's Democratic Party	50,890	0.59%	4	0	4
	Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization	26,112	0.30%	3	0	3
	Sinhala Heritage	127,863	1.48%	0	1	1
	Independents	67,288	0.78%	1	0	1
	All Ceylon Tamil Congress	27,323	0.32%	1	0	1
	New Left Front	32,275	0.37%	0	0	0
	Ceylon Workers' Congress	23,013	0.27%	0	0	0
	Democratic People's Liberation Front People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam	20,848	0.24%	0	0	0
	Others	70,595	0.82%	0	0	0
Valid Votes		8,647,668	100.00%	196	29	225
Rejected Votes		481,155
Total Polled		9,128,823
Registered Electors		12,071,062
Turnout		75.63%

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

Further information: 11th Sri Lankan Parliament